Left atrial volume index in highly trained athletes

American Heart Journal

Volumn 159, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1155-1161

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

^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; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDURANCE TRAINING; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART INDEX; HEART LEFT ATRIUM VOLUME INDEX; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC STRESS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESISTANCE TRAINING; TRAINING; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; CARDIAC VOLUME; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953073607     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2010.03.036     Document Type: Article

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