Increased left ventricular muscle mass after long-term altitude training in athletes

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-70

  Svedenhag, J ^a   Piehl Aulin, K ^b,c   Skog, C ^b   Saltin, B ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Institute for Sport Science   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Blood volume; Cardiac size; Heart rate; Maximal oxygen uptake; Total haemoglobin

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MUSCLE; HEART RATE; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING;

EID: 0030952597     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-201X.1997.00204.x     Document Type: Article

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