An Echocardiographic Study Comparing Male Swedish Elite Orienteers with Other Elite Endurance Athletes

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 521-524

  Henriksen, Egil ^a   Landelius, Johan ^b   Wesslén, Lars ^b   Kangro, Toomas ^b   Jonason, Tommy ^b   Nyström Rosander, Christina ^b   Niklasson, Urban ^b   Arnell, Henrik ^b   Rolf, Christer ^b   Hammarström, Eskil ^b   Lidell, Christer ^b   Ringqvist, Ivar ^b   Friman, Göran ^b  

^a CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDURANCE; HEART DISEASE; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; SPORT; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASES; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; SPORTS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0031568424     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(96)00802-8     Document Type: Article

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