Cardiac magnetic resonance assessment of left and right ventricular morphologic and functional adaptations in professional soccer players

American Heart Journal

Volumn 159, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 911-918

  Scharf, Michael ^a   Brem, Matthias H ^a   Wilhelm, Matthias ^a   Schoepf, Uwe Joseph ^b   Uder, Michael ^a   Lell, Michael M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CINERADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; HEART INDEX; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SPORT; STEADY STATE; STRENGTH; TRAINING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; SOCCER; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951605089     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2010.02.027     Document Type: Article

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