Cardiac adaptation in athletes of black ethnicity: Differentiating pathology from physiology

Heart

Volumn 98, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 1194-1200

  Chandra, Navin ^a,b   Papadakis, Michael ^a,b   Sharma, Sanjay ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEWISHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE;

ADAPTATION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATHLETE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; DEHYDRATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; ENDURANCE TRAINING; ETHNICITY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FIRST DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE SIZE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; NEGRO; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REPOLARIZATION; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; SUDDEN DEATH; T WAVE INVERSION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; CARDIOMEGALY; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864335543     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2012-301798     Document Type: Review

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