Athlete's heart: A meta-analysis of the echocardiographic experience

International Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL. 3, 1996, Pages

  Fagard, R H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Athlete's heart; Echocardiography; Left ventricular hypertrophy; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; RUNNING; STRENGTH; TRAINING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; BICYCLING; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; REST; RUNNING; SPORTS; SYSTOLE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; WEIGHT LIFTING; WRESTLING;

EID: 0030422815     PISSN: 01724622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-972915     Document Type: Article

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