The athlete's heart Part i (Review)

Acta Physiologica Hungarica

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 337-353

  Pavlik, Gábor ^a   Major, Zs ^a   Varga Pinter B ^a   Jeserich, M ^b   Kneffel, Zs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

athlete's heart; diastolic function; left ventricular hypertrophy; resting heart rate

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ATHLETE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ENDURANCE SPORT; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEART; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SUDDEN DEATH; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ATHLETES; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CORONARY CIRCULATION; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; HEART; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MICROCIRCULATION; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 78650102054     PISSN: 0231424X     EISSN: 15882683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/APhysiol.97.2010.4.1     Document Type: Review

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