Analysis of athletes' heart by tissue Doppler and strain/strain rate imaging

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 105-111

  Simsek, Ziya ^a   Gundogdu, Fuat ^a   Alpaydin, Sertac ^a   Gerek, Zinnur ^b   Ercis, Sertac ^b   Sen, Ilhan ^b   Akgün, Metin ^a   Karakelleoglu, Sule ^a  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Athlete; Strain strain rate; Tissue Doppler imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIAC IMAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE SIZE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; STRAIN IMAGING; STRAIN RATE IMAGING; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ATHLETES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951853777     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-010-9669-1     Document Type: Article

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