Ultrasonographic study of left ventricular function at rest in a group of highly trained black African handball players

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 122-127

  Dzudie, Anastase ^a,b   Menanga, Alain ^a,b   Hamadou, Ba ^a,b   Kengne, Andre Pascal ^a,c   Atchou, Guillaume ^a,d   Kingue, Samuel ^a,b  

^a General Hospital   (Cameroon)

^b Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences   (Cameroon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Black African; Echocardiography; Handball; Left ventricle; Sport

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CAMEROON; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART PRELOAD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUDENT T TEST;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CAMEROON; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; HEART; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SPORTS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 33846390780     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euje.2006.02.006     Document Type: Article

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