Left ventricular hypertrophy in athletes

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1384-1388

  Douglas, Pamela S ^a   O'Toole, Mary L ^b   Katz, Sarah E ^b   Ginsburg, Geoffrey S ^b   Hiller, W Douglas B ^b   Laird, Robert H ^b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CALCULATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TREADMILL; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPORTS;

EID: 0030828858     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00693-0     Document Type: Article

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