Late potentials in female triathletes before and after prolonged strenuous exercise

Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 153-164

  Warburton, Darren E R ^a,b   McGavock, Jonathon ^a   Welsh, Robert C ^a   Haykowsky, Mark J ^a   Quinney, H Arthur ^a   Taylor, Dylan ^a   Dzavik, Vladimir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Left ventricular dimensions; Signal averaged electrocardiogram; Triathlon; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMETER; PREVALENCE; SIGNAL AVERAGED ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ACTION POTENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDURANCE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPORT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPORTS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0038116619     PISSN: 10667814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/h03-012     Document Type: Article

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