Effect of training on left ventricular structure and functioning of the normotensive and the hypertensive subject

Blood Pressure Monitoring

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 241-245

  Fagard, Robert H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Athlete's heart; Echocardiography; Hypertension; Left ventricular hypertrophy; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; TRAINING;

EID: 0031448790     PISSN: 13595237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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