Right atrial and ventricular adaptations to training in male caucasian athletes: An echocardiographic study

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1344-1352

  Pagourelias, Efstathios D ^a   Kouidi, Evangelia ^a   Efthimiadis, Georgios K ^b   Deligiannis, Asterios ^a   Geleris, Paraschos ^a   Vassilikos, Vassilios ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Athlete's heart; Doppler tissue imaging; Right cardiac cavities; Speckle tracking echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; MALE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TRAINING;

2D; ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR CARDIOMYOPATHY; ARVC; ATHLETE'S HEART; BODY SURFACE AREA; BSA; DOPPLER TISSUE IMAGING; DTI; EA; ENDURANCE ATHLETE; FAC; FRACTIONAL AREA CHANGE; LEFT VENTRICULAR; LV; PALS; PEAK ATRIAL LONGITUDINAL STRAIN; RA; RIGHT ATRIAL; RIGHT CARDIAC CAVITIES; RIGHT VENTRICULAR; RV; SA; SPECKLE-TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SR; SRS'; STRAIN RATE; STRENGTH-TRAINED ATHLETE; SYSTOLIC STRAIN RATE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATRIAL FUNCTION; COHORT STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GREECE; HEART ATRIA; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, HUMAN; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPORTS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 84886727740     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: 10976795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2013.07.019     Document Type: Article

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