Physiological upper limits of left ventricular dimensions in highly trained junior tennis players

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 784-788

  Basavarajaiah, Sandeep ^a   Wilson, Mathew ^b   Naghavi, Reza ^a   Whyte, Gregory ^b   Turner, Mike ^c   Sharma, Sanjay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEWISHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Olympic Medical Institute   (United Kingdom)

^c LAWN TENNIS ASSOCIATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PERFORMANCE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; MALE; SPORTS MEDICINE; TENNIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; TENNIS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 35948937552     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2006.033993     Document Type: Article

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