Dilated inferior vena cava: A common echocardiographic finding in highly trained elite athletes

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 988-993

  Goldhammer, E ^a   Mesnick, N ^a   Abinader, E G ^a   Sagiv, M ^a  

^a BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INDEX; HEART VENTRICLE SIZE; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; VEIN DIAMETER; VEIN DILATATION;

EID: 0032694437     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0894-7317(99)70153-7     Document Type: Article

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