Effect of eight weeks of endurance exercise training on right and left ventricular volume and mass in untrained obese subjects: A longitudinal MRI study

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 354-359

  Vogelsang, T W ^a,b   Hanel, B ^b   Kristoffersen, U S ^a,b   Petersen, C L ^c   Mehlsen, J ^c   Holmquist, N ^d   Larsson, B ^e   Kjaer, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c FREDERIKSBERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d Ankerhus College of Nutrition and Health   (Denmark)

^e BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Athlete's heart; Exercise training; Magnetic resonance imaging; Rowing; Ventricular hypertrophy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART RATE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; BICYCLING; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; HYPERTROPHY, RIGHT VENTRICULAR; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 44349084361     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2007.00706.x     Document Type: Article

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