Changes in ventricular twist and untwisting with orthostatic stress: Endurance athletes versus normally active individuals

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1259-1266

  Esch, Ben T ^a   Scott, Jessica M ^a   Haykowsky, Mark J ^b   Paterson, Ian ^b   Warburton, Darren E R ^a   Cheng Baron, June ^b   Chow, Kelvin ^b   Thompson, Richard B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Exercise; Magnetic resonance imaging; Orthostatic tolerance; Ventricular torsion

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951967749     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01186.2009     Document Type: Article

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