The influence of body size on measurements of overall cardiac function

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 289, Issue 5 58-5, 2005, Pages

  Chantler, Paul D ^a   Clements, R E ^a   Sharp, L ^a   George, K P ^a   Tan, L B ^b   Goldspink, D F ^a,c  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c Henry Cotton Campus ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allometric scaling; Body size; Cardiac power output; Lean body mass

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; AGED; ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY SURFACE; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE METABOLISM; HEART OUTPUT; HEART POWER OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIAC OUTPUT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 27144534494     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00022.2005     Document Type: Article

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