Alterations in myocardial stiffness in elite athletes assessed by a new Doppler index

Heart

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1323-1325

  King, G J ^a   Murphy, R T ^a   Almuntaser, I ^a   Bennett, K ^a   Ho, E ^a   Brown, A S ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE RELAXATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE SIZE; HEART MUSCLE COMPLIANCE; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSURE VOLUME CURVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; SPORTS; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 52649130256     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2008.142083     Document Type: Article

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