The use of Doppler and atrioventricular plane motion echocardiography for the detection of changes in left ventricular function after training

European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 200-204

  Woolf May, Kathryn ^a   Owen, Andrew ^b   Davison, Richard ^a   Bird, Steve ^a  

^a CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KENT AND CANTERBURY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular plane motion; Cardiac function; Doppler; Echocardiography; Exercise intervention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE RELAXATION; HEART VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; WALKING;

EID: 0032812913     PISSN: 03015548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004210050582     Document Type: Article

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