Left ventricular structure and function in sedentary and physically active subjects with left ventricular hypertrophy (the LIFE Study)

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 280-283

  Boman, Kurt ^a,h   Olofsson, Mona ^a   Dahlöf, Björn ^b   Gerdts, Eva ^c   Nieminen, Markku S ^d   Papademetriou, Vasilios ^e   Wachtell, Kristian ^f,g   Devereux, Richard B ^g  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^g WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^h Sweden   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART RATE; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; UNITED STATES; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 11844285627     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.09.019     Document Type: Article

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