Left ventricular morphology in elite female resistance-trained athletes

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 912-914

  Haykowsky, Mark J ^b   Gillis, Rosalind ^b   Quinney, Arthur ^b   Ignaszewski, Andrew P ^b   Thompson, Christopher R ^a  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORT; TRAINING;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; VALSALVA MANEUVER; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 0032189317     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00504-9     Document Type: Article

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