The upper limit of physiologic cardiac hypertrophy in highly trained elite athletes

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 324, Issue 5, 1991, Pages 295-301

  Pelliccia, Antonio ^a   Maron, Barry J ^b   Spataro, Antonio ^a   Proschan, Michael A ^b   Spirito, Paolo ^b  

^a Italian National Olympic Committee   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; EXERCISE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING;

EID: 0026099504     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199101313240504     Document Type: Article

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