Aortic Root Dimensions in Elite Athletes

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 105, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1629-1634

  D'Andrea, Antonello ^a   Cocchia, Rosangela ^a   Riegler, Lucia ^a   Scarafile, Raffaella ^a   Salerno, Gemma ^a   Gravino, Rita ^a   Vriz, Olga ^b   Citro, Rodolfo ^c   Limongelli, Giuseppe ^a   Di Salvo, Giovanni ^a   Cuomo, Sergio ^a   Caso, Pio ^d   Russo, Maria Giovanna ^a   Calabrò, Raffaele ^a   Bossone, Eduardo ^e  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b Ospedale di San Daniele del Friuli   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO E RUGGI D ARAGONA   (Italy)

^d MONALDI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA ROOT; AORTA SINUS; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; ATHLETE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; BODY SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HEART STRESS; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINOTUBULAR JUNCTION; TRAINING; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VASODILATATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; ATHLETES; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUS OF VALSALVA;

EID: 77952553308     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2010.01.028     Document Type: Article

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