Left ventricular diastolic function assessed using tissue Doppler imaging in elderly athletes [7]

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 94, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 339-340

  Galetta, Fabio ^a   Franzoni, Ferdinando ^a   Santoro, Gino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATHLETE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE RELAXATION; HEART SOUND; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING;

EID: 1842861625     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2003.05.020     Document Type: Article

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