Athlete's heart in prepubertal male swimmers

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-66

  Ayabakan, Canan ^a,b   Akalin, Figen ^a   Mengütay, Sami ^a   Çotuk, Birol ^a   Odabaş, Ilhan ^a   Özüak, Ali ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Echocardiologist changes; Sports

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE RELAXATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE SIZE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREPUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPORTS MEDICINE; SWIMMING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CHILD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PUBERTY; SWIMMING; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 32044473068     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951105002106     Document Type: Article

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