Outer limits of the athlete's heart, the effect of gender, and relevance to the differential diagnosis with primary cardiac diseases

Cardiology Clinics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 381-396

  Pelliccia, A ^a   Maron, B J ^a  

^a Italian National Olympic Committee   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE; GENDER; HEART DILATATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPORT; TRAINING;

EID: 0030769852     PISSN: 07338651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-8651(05)70347-7     Document Type: Article

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