Relationship between the heart rate and E/A ratio in athletic and non-athletic males

Acta Physiologica Hungarica

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 284-293

  Kneffel, Zs ^a   Varga Pinter B ^a   Toth M ^a   Major, Zs ^a   Pavlik, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION   (Hungary)

Author keywords

aging; athlete's heart; diastolic function; echocardiography; heart rate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGING; ATRIAL FUNCTION; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; HEART ATRIA; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HUNGARY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PHYSICAL EXERTION; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052551905     PISSN: 0231424X     EISSN: 15882683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/APhysiol.98.2011.3.5     Document Type: Article

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