Morphological and functional differences in cardiac parameters between power and endurance athletes: A magnetic resonance imaging study

Acta Physiologica Hungarica

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-57

  Gyimes, Zs ^a   Pavlik, G ^a   Simor, T ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^c SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Athletes' heart; Concentric hypertrophy; Eccentric ; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SURFACE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE FILLING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TRAINING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; BODY SURFACE AREA; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; EXERCISE; HEART; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RUNNING; SPORTS; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 3042536924     PISSN: 0231424X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/APhysiol.91.2004.1.3     Document Type: Article

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