TITLE:
ECG and Echocardiography Findings: A Comparative Study between Sportive and Sedentary Female Patients (Bamako, Mali)
AUTHORS:
Ibrahima Sangaré, Hamidou Oumar Bâ, Youssouf Camara, Ichaka Menta, Rokiatou Mété, Noumou Sidibé, Souleymane Coulibaly, Fousseyni Coulibaly, Aladji Traoré, Illo Diall, Lydia Berenice Sita Sangaré, Boubakar Diallo, Kassoum Mamourou Sanogo
KEYWORDS:
ECG, Echocardiography, Footballers, Women, Sedentary, Bamako
JOURNAL NAME:
World Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases,
Vol.9 No.7,
July
31,
2019
ABSTRACT: Objective: To study cardiovascular
cardiac and echocardiographic features in high-level footballers and sedentary
women in Bamako. Materials and Methods: This was a cross-sectional study
conducted in Bamako from April 2015 to March 2016 among 14 to 35 years old high-level
footballers and a group of untrained women. Data
including socio-demographic, physical examination, ECG record and
echocardiogram was inserted in Microsoft
Excel and analyzed with IBM SPSS. Chi Square
and Fisher statistical tests were used to compare
our results. The significance level was p 0.05. Results: Forty-three female subjects, 51% being
sedentary were recruited. Mean age, weight and
height were significantly higher in sportswomen than in sedentary women with
respectively p of trophy and dilatation and left atrial dilatation were predominant in sportswomen. Conclusion: Bradycardia,
left ventricle hypertrophy and dilatation were
found more in sportswomen. These changes acquired through physical training are
aspects of cardiac adaptation that we found in our sample. Other aspects were
not found probably due to the small size of the sample.