A meta-analysis of aortic root size in elite athletes

Circulation

Volumn 127, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 791-798

  Iskandar, Aline ^a   Thompson, Paul D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

aorta; exercise; remodeling

Indexed keywords

AORTA ROOT; AORTA SINUS; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC VALVE; ATHLETES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; SINUS OF VALSALVA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874105884     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.000974     Document Type: Article

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