Left ventricular function and perfusion in elderly endurance athletes

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 735-740

  Bouvier, F ^a   Saltin, B ^a   Nejat, M ^a   Jensen Urstad, M ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Athletes; Diastolic function; Echocardiography; Exercise; Left ventricle; Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy; Nuclear angiocardiography; Physical training; Systolic function

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDURANCE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SCINTIANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRAINING;

EID: 0035064171     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-200105000-00009     Document Type: Article

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