Preservation of ventricular function in amateur athletes after completion of a Marathon

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 202-205

  Kean, Allison J ^a   McCloskey, Veronica R ^a   Seghatol, Frank F ^a   Ewert, Greg D ^a   Mehlman, David J ^a   McPherson, David D ^a   Rigolin, Vera H ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MARATHON RUNNER; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL STRESS; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERTION; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RUNNING; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 31944451496     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2005.08.013     Document Type: Article

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