Changes in QT interval with exercise in elite male rowers and controls

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 87, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 217-222

  Rajappan, Kim ^a   O'Connell, Clare ^a   Sheridan, Desmond J ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE; GENDER; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; EXERTION; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPORTS;

EID: 0037306676     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(02)00326-1     Document Type: Article

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