Alterations in left ventricular structure and diastolic function in professional football players: Assessment by tissue doppler imaging and left ventricular flow propagation velocity

Echocardiography

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 140-148

  Tumuklu, M Murat ^b   Ildizli, Muge ^a   Ceyhan, Koksal ^b   Cinar, Cahide Soydas ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Athletes heart; Diastolic function; Echocardiography; Tissue Doppler imaging; Ventricular flow propagation velocity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY SURFACE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; FOOTBALL; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE COMPLIANCE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART RATE; HUMAN; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MITRAL VALVE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; TRICUSPID VALVE;

ADULT; AORTA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SOCCER; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 33846847812     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2007.00367.x     Document Type: Article

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