Relation between QRS amplitude and left ventricular mass in the initial stage of exercise-induced left ventricular hypertrophy in rats

Clinical and Experimental Hypertension

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 533-541

  Bacharova, Ljuba ^a   Michalak, Karol ^a   Kyselovic, Jan ^a   Klimas, Jan ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL LASER CENTER   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Initial stage; Left ventricular hypertrophy; Rats; Relative voltage deficit; Specific potential of myocardium

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE; GENETICS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; MUSCLE MASS; NONHUMAN; QRS COMPLEX; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; SWIMMING; THEORY;

ANIMALS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLES; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RATS;

EID: 23844432261     PISSN: 10641963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CEH-200068802     Document Type: Article

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