The "Athlete's Heart": Relation to Gender and Race

Cardiology Clinics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 383-389

  Di Paolo, F M ^a   Pelliccia, Antonio ^a  

^a Italian National Olympic Committee   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION; ATHLETIC HEART SYNDROME; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEART MUSCLE COMPLIANCE; HEART SIZE; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SITTING; SPORTING EVENT; TRAINING;

ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SPORTS;

EID: 35348945904     PISSN: 07338651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccl.2007.06.010     Document Type: Review

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