Epicardial fat tissue: Relationship with cardiorespiratory fitness in men

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 463-469

  Kim, Maeng Kyu ^a   Tanaka, Kiyoji ^a   Kim, Mi Ji ^a   Matsuo, Tomoaki ^a   Tomita, Tsugio ^b   Ohkubo, Hiroyuki ^a   Maeda, Seiji ^a   Ajisaka, Ryuichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b Higashi Toride Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anaerobic threshold; Echocardiography; Heart rate recovery; Peak oxygen uptake

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CONVALESCENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FITNESS; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERICARDIUM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PERICARDIUM; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 77249129875     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181b8b1f0     Document Type: Article

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