Cardiac adaptation to acute and chronic participation in endurance sports

Heart

Volumn 97, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 1999-2004

  George, Keith ^a   Spence, Angela ^b   Naylor, Louise H ^b   Whyte, Gregory P ^a   Green, Daniel J ^a,b  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BLOOD VOLUME; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENDURANCE SPORT; ENDURANCE TRAINING; HEALTH STATUS; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT POSTERIOR BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART OUTPUT; HEART PREEXCITATION; HEART RATE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART WORK; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; NERVE POTENTIAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; Q WAVE; QRS COMPLEX; QT PROLONGATION; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SHORT QT INTERVAL; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; T WAVE INVERSION; THERMOREGULATION; TISSUE STRUCTURE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEART; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPORTS;

EID: 82255183009     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2011-300536     Document Type: Review

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