Relationships between sports-specific characteristics of athlete's heart and maximal oxygen uptake

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 115-121

  Barbier, Julie ^a,b   Lebiller, Emmanuelle ^b,c   Ville, Nathalie ^b,c   Rannou Bekono, Franã§oise ^a,b   Carrã, Franã§ois ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ RENNES 2   (France)

^b G I S â Sciences of Movement   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

athlete's heart; maximal oxygen uptake; sports specific heart characteristics

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYCLING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GAS EXCHANGE; HEART HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; HEART PERFORMANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORT; TRAINING;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOMEGALY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; EXERCISE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SPORTS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33646085330     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hjr.0000188243.46664.4c     Document Type: Article

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