Sports-specific adaptation of left ventricular muscle mass in athlete's heart - II: An echocardiographic study with 400-m runners and soccer players

International Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL. 3, 1996, Pages

  Urhausen, A ^a   Monz, T ^a   Kindermann, W ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Athlete's heart; Cardiac hypertrophy; Echocardiography; Left ventricular muscle mass

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY MASS; BODY SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDURANCE; FOOTBALL; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART VOLUME; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; RUNNING; TRAINING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SURFACE AREA; CARDIAC VOLUME; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GENETICS; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RUNNING; SOCCER;

EID: 0030419352     PISSN: 01724622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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