Left ventricular volumes and mass in marathon runners and their association with cardiovascular risk factors

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-79

  Nassenstein, Kai ^a   Breuckmann, Frank ^b   Lehmann, Nils ^a   Schmermund, Axel ^c   Hunold, Peter ^a   Broecker Preuss, Martina ^a   Sandner, Torleif A ^d   Halle, Martin ^e   Mann, Klaus ^a   Jöckel, Karl Heinz ^a   Heusch, Gerd ^a   Budde, Thomas ^f   Erbel, Raimund ^b   Barkhausen, Jörg ^a   Möhlenkamp, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^c CARDIOANGIOLOGISCHES CENTRUM BETHANIEN   (Germany)

^d LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^f ALFRIED KRUPP KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Athlete's heart; Left ventricular mass; Left ventricular volumes; Marathon; MRI

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARATHON RUNNER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RUNNING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 57049138254     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-008-9337-x     Document Type: Article

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