Left ventricular function in professional football players evaluated by tissue Doppler imaging and strain imaging

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-35

  Tümüklü, Mustafa Murat ^a   Etikan, Ilker ^a   Çinar, Cahide Soydaş ^b  

^a GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Athletes heart; Echocardiography; Strain strain rate imaging; Tissue Doppler imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOOTBALL; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; SITTING; STRAIN MYOCARDIAL IMAGING; SYSTOLE; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TRAINING; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 37249066257     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 18758312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-007-9218-8     Document Type: Article

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