Left ventricular myocardial velocities and deformation indexes in top-level athletes

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1281-1288

  D'Andrea, Antonello ^a   Cocchia, Rosangela ^a   Riegler, Lucia ^a   Scarafile, Raffaella ^a   Salerno, Gemma ^a   Gravino, Rita ^a   Golia, Enrica ^a   Pezzullo, Enrica ^a   Citro, Rodolfo ^b   Limongelli, Giuseppe ^a   Pacileo, Giuseppe ^a   Cuomo, Sergio ^a   Caso, Pio ^a   Russo, Maria Giovanna ^a   Bossone, Eduardo ^c   Calabr, Raffaele ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^c IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Athlete's heart; Endurance; Left ventricular hypertrophy; Power; Tissue Doppler; Training; Two dimensional strain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDURANCE TRAINING; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; MALE; POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETES; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; EXERCISE; HEART RATE; HEART SEPTUM; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; REFERENCE VALUES; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SOFTWARE; STROKE VOLUME; SYSTOLE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649518559     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2010.09.020     Document Type: Article

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