%0 Journal Article %T Echocardiographic analysis of the left ventricular function in young athletes: a focus on speckle tracking imaging %J Archive of "The Pan African Medical Journal". %D 2016 %R 10.11604/pamj.2016.25.171.9095 %X The objectives were to assess the left ventricular (LV) structure and function in regularly trained young athletes, using 2 D conventional echocardiographic (echo) methods and speckle tracking echocardiography (STE). An observational cross-sectional study %K Athletesˇä heart %K speckle tracking echocardiography %K strain %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5326024/