Athlete's heart and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Current Cardiology Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 166-171

  Pelliccia, Antonio ^a  

^a Institute of Sport Science   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPORT;

CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; SPORTS; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 0034149745     PISSN: 15233782     EISSN: 15343170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11886-000-0015-4     Document Type: Article

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