The cardiovascular profile of soccer referees: An echocardiographic study

Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Galanti, G ^a   Pizzi, A ^b   Lucarelli, M ^b   Stefani, L ^a   Gianassi, M ^a   Di Tante, V ^a   Toncelli, L ^a   Moretti, A ^a   Del Furia, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Italian Football Federation   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA ROOT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; SPORT; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; SOCCER;

EID: 40149096389     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14767120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-7120-6-8     Document Type: Article

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