Left atrial remodelling in competitive adolescent soccer players

International Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 795-801

  Dascenzi, F ^a   Cameli, M ^a   Lisi, M ^a   Zaca V ^a   Natali, B ^a   Malandrino, A ^a   Benincasa, S ^a   Catanese, S ^b   Causarano, A ^b   Mondillo, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b Medical Staff   (Italy)

Author keywords

athletes heart; exercise; football players; left atrium; speckle tracking echocardiography; tissue Doppler imaging; training

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HEART ATRIUM; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; SOCCER;

EID: 84866734755     PISSN: 01724622     EISSN: 14393964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1304660     Document Type: Article

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