The relative myocardial blood volume differentiates between hypertensive heart disease and athlete's heart in humans

European Heart Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 1571-1578

  Indermühle, Andreas ^a   Vogel, Rolf ^a   Meier, Pascal ^a   Wirth, Simone ^a   Stoop, Regula ^a   Mohaupt, Markus G ^a   Seiler, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Athlete's heart; Hypertensive heart disease; Myocardial blood flow; Myocardial contrast echocardiography; Myocardial microcirculation; Relative blood volume

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BLOOD VOLUME; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FOOTBALL; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIATHLON;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD VOLUME; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; PILOT PROJECTS; SPORTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 33745449473     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl024     Document Type: Article

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