Endurance athletes’ stroke volume does not plateau: Major advantage is diastolic function

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 1994, Pages 1116-1121

  Gledhill, Norman ^a   Cox, Dean ^a   Jamnik, Roni ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acetylene rebreathe technique; Blood pressure; Blood volume; Diastolic filling time; Exercise; Left ventricular ejection time; Male cyclists

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION TIME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL STRESS;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VOLUME; DIASTOLE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; SPORTS; STROKE VOLUME; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0027998687     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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