Long-Term Clinical Consequences of Intense, Uninterrupted Endurance Training in Olympic Athletes

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 55, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 1619-1625

  Pelliccia, Antonio ^a   Kinoshita, Norimitsu ^b   Pisicchio, Cataldo ^a   Quattrini, Filippo ^a   DiPaolo, Fernando M ^a   Ciardo, Roberto ^a   Di Giacinto, Barbara ^a   Guerra, Emanuele ^a   De Blasiis, Elvira ^a   Casasco, Maurizio ^a   Culasso, Franco ^c   Maron, Barry J ^d  

^a Italian National Olympic Committee   (Italy)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d MINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

intense athletic training; left ventricular function; long term follow up; Olympic athletes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING;

ATHLETES; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SPORTS; STROKE VOLUME; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950315466     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.10.068     Document Type: Article

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