Do echocardiographic changes explain the age-associated increase in exercise-induced supraventricular arrhythmias?

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 120-126

  O'Connor, F C ^a   Mayuga, R ^a   Arrington, C T ^a   Fleg, J L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; echocardiography; exercise; supraventricular arrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE; HEART SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN;

EID: 0030902903     PISSN: 03949532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03340137     Document Type: Article

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