Structural heart adaptations in triathletes

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 317-325

  Claessens, Christophe ^a,c   Claessens, Philip ^b   Bloemen, Hilde ^a   Claessens, Marc ^a   Verbanck, Mieke ^a   Fagard, Robert ^a   Claessens, Jan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b IMELDA HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c Eeuwfeestkliniek ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Athletic heart; Diastole; Hypertrophy; Triathletes

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; HEART; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEMODYNAMICS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; HYPERTROPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLISM; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REGISTER; TRIATHLON;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HEART; HUMANS; MALE; SPORTS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0033403415     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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