"Supranormal" cardiac function in athletes related to better arterial and endothelial function

Echocardiography

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 659-667

  Florescu, Maria ^a   Stoicescu, Claudiu ^a   Magda, Stefania ^a   Petcu, Ileana ^b   Radu, Mihai ^b   Palombo, Carlo ^c   Cinteza, Mircea ^a   Lichiardopol, Radu ^a   Vinereanu, Dragos ^a  

^a CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b HORIA HULUBEI NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

athlete's heart; left ventricular function; oxidative stress; tissue Doppler imaging; vascular imaging

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ENDURANCE SPORT; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

CORONARY VESSELS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; SPORTS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954561182     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2009.01121.x     Document Type: Article

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