The right ventricle of the endurance athlete: The relationship between morphology and deformation

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 263-271

  Oxborough, David ^a   Sharma, Sanjay ^b   Shave, Robert ^c,d   Whyte, Greg ^e   Birch, Karen ^a   Artis, Nigel ^f   Batterham, Alan M ^g   George, Keith ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^g TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Athlete; Cardiomyopathy; Right ventricle; Strain imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; ENDURANCE SPORT; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE SIZE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPORTS; SPORTS MEDICINE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STROKE VOLUME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857341910     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: 10976795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2011.11.017     Document Type: Article

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