Lack of correlation between ventricular late potentials and left ventricular mass in top-level male athletes

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 359-361

  Biffi, Alessandro ^a,b   Verdile, Luisa ^a   Ansalone, Gerardo ^a   Spataro, Antonio ^a   Spada, Raffaella ^a   Fernando, Fredrick ^a   Caselli, Giovanni ^a   Santini, Massimo ^a  

^a SAN FILIPPO NERI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Athlete's heart; Left ventricular mass; Signal averaged electrocardiogram; Ventricular late potentials

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PERFORMANCE; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN;

EID: 0033017153     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199903000-00001     Document Type: Article

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