Does competitive apnea diving have a long-term risk? Cardiopulmonary findings in breath-hold divers

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 95-97

  Scherhag, Armin ^a,c   Pfleger, Stefan ^a   Grosselfinger, Robert ^b   Borggrefe, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Med Sportiv   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Apnea diving; Breath hold diving; Cardiopulmonary risk

Indexed keywords

APNEA; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPETITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIVING; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LUNG VASOCONSTRICTION; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; OXIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIVING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 16244364778     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jsm.0000157650.07492.c5     Document Type: Article

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