Long-term assessment of electrocardiographic and echocardiographic findings in Norwegian elite endurance athletes

Cardiology

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 234-241

  Bjørnstad, Hans H ^a   Bjørnstad, Tor H ^b   Urheim, Stig ^c   Hoff, Per Ivar ^a   Smith, Gunnar ^d   Maron, Barry J ^e  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e MINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Electrocardiography; Elite endurance athletes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENDURANCE SPORT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART RATE; HEART SINOATRIAL BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIAC VOLUME; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART; HEART DISEASES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; NORWAY; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPORTS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 49849092019     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000151435     Document Type: Article

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