Left ventricular wall segment motion after ultra-endurance exercise in humans assessed by myocardial speckle tracking

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 238-243

  George, Keith ^a   Shave, Rob ^b   Oxborough, David ^c   Cable, Tim ^a   Dawson, Ellen ^a   Artis, Nigel ^c   Gaze, David ^d   Hew Butler, Tamara ^e   Sharwood, Karen ^e   Noakes, Tim ^e  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cardiac function; Echocardiography; Strain

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN T;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGING SYSTEM; LABORATORY TEST; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; MARATHON RUNNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; SYSTOLE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND; ECHOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; RUNNING; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 62449299360     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jen207     Document Type: Article

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