Cardiac MRI reference values for athletes and nonathletes corrected for body surface area, training hours/week and sex

European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 198-203

  Prakken, Niek H ^a   Velthuis, Birgitta K ^a   Teske, Arco J ^a   Mosterd, Arend ^a,b   Mali, Willem P ^a   Cramer, Maarten J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b MEANDER MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Body surface area; Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging; Endurance athletes; Exercise training; Reference values

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY SURFACE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART VALVE STENOSIS; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LIPID STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; ROWING; RUNNING; TRAINING;

EID: 77951293076     PISSN: 17418267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJR.0b013e3283347fdb     Document Type: Article

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