Left ventricular remodeling and aortic distensibility in elite power athletes

Heart and Vessels

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 183-188

  Kasikcioglu, Erdem ^a,b   Oflaz, Huseyin ^a   Akhan, Hulya ^a   Kayserilioglu, Abidin ^a   Mercanoglu, Fehmi ^a   Umman, Berrin ^a   Bugra, Zehra ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aortic distensibility; Athlete's heart; Left ventricular hypertrophy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AORTA VALVE; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE SIZE; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLE; WRESTLING;

EID: 4344687344     PISSN: 09108327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00380-004-0765-9     Document Type: Article

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