Atrial and ventricular functional and structural adaptations of the heart in elite triathletes assessed with cardiac MR imaging

Radiology

Volumn 257, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-79

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART INDEX; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART RATE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; STEADY STATE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETES; ATRIAL FUNCTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIASTOLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIA; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; SOFTWARE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 77957328037     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.10092377     Document Type: Article

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