The athlete's heart

Heart

Volumn 98, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 947-955

  Prior, David L ^a,b   La Gerche, Andre ^b,c  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; STATIC EXERCISE; TRAINING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; SPORTS; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 84861521569     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2011-301329     Document Type: Review

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