Athlete's heart and cardiovascular care of the athlete: Scientific and clinical update

Circulation

Volumn 123, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 2723-2735

  Baggish, Aaron L ^a   Wood, Malissa J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; STEROID;

AORTA; ATHLETE; CARDIOMEGALY; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ETHNICITY; EXERCISE; GENDER AND SEX; HEART; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUDDEN DEATH; SYNCOPE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ATHLETES; EXERCISE; HEART; HUMANS;

EID: 79959552833     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.981571     Document Type: Review

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