Left ventricular early myocardial dysfunction after chronic misuse of anabolic androgenic steroids: A Doppler myocardial and strain imaging analysis

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 149-155

  D'Andrea, Antonello ^a,b   Caso, Pio ^c   Salerno, Gemma ^b   Scarafile, Raffaella ^b   De Corato, Giuseppe ^d   Mita, Claudia ^b   Di Salvo, Giovanni ^b   Severino, Sergio ^c   Cuomo, Sergio ^b   Liccardo, Biagio ^e   Esposito, Nicolino ^e   Calabrò, Raffaele ^b  

^a Second University of Naples ^*  (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c MONALDI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^e Department of Cardiology   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANABOLIC AGENT; ANDROGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; BODY BUILDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MISUSE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; SITTING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ADULT; ANABOLIC AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIASTOLE; DOPING IN SPORTS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 34147205382     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2006.030171     Document Type: Article

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