Effects of sports activity in athletes with bicuspid aortic valve and mild aortic regurgitation

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 275-279

  Galanti, G ^a   Stefani, L ^a   Toncelli, L ^a   Vono, M C R ^a   Mercuri, R ^a   Maffulli, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPORT;

ADULT; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; SPORTS; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 77950280641     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2008.047407     Document Type: Article

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