New Upper Limit of Physiologic Cardiac Hypertrophy in Japanese Participants in the 100-km Ultramarathon

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1617-1623

  Nagashima, Junzo ^a,b   Musha, Haruki ^c   Takada, Hideomi ^a   Murayama, Masahiro ^a,b  

^a Yokohama Sports Medical Center   (Japan)

^b ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AORTA ROOT; ARTICLE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RATE; HEART SIZE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MARATHON RUNNER; MORPHOMETRICS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SAMPLE SIZE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRAINING;

EID: 0242720977     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2003.06.005     Document Type: Article

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