Right ventricular adaptations along with left ventricular remodeling in older athletes: Original investigations

Echocardiography

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 237-245

  Ozdogan, Oner ^a,c   Yilmaz, Gulsum Meral ^b   Gurgun, Cemil ^b   Kayikcioglu, Meral ^b   Cinar, Cahide Soydas ^b  

^a Izmir Tepecik Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Athletes' heart; Integrated backscatter; Right ventricle; Tissue Doppler imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE EXERCISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRAINING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPORTS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 61349159263     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2008.00810.x     Document Type: Article

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