The effect of long-term training on age-related left ventricular changes by Doppler myocardial velocity gradient

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1061-1067

  Palka, Przemyslaw ^a   Lange, Aleksandra ^a   Nihoyannopoulos, Petros ^b  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART CYCLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; EXERCISE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SYSTOLE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0032699715     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(99)00499-3     Document Type: Article

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