Left ventricular mass, geometry, and filling in endurance athletes: Association with exercise blood pressure

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 531-537

  Karjalainen, Jouko ^a   Mäntysaari, Matti ^a   Viitasalo, Matti ^b   Kujala, Urho ^c  

^a CENTRAL MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c Foundation for Sports and Exercise Medicine   (Finland)

Author keywords

athletes' heart; endurance training; left ventricular hypertrophy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HAND GRIP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; MALE; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031040707     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1997.82.2.531     Document Type: Article

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