Erratum: Impact of ethnicity on cardiac adaptation to exercise (Nature Reviews Cardiology (2014) 11 (198-217) DOI: 10.1038/nrcardio.2014.15);Impact of ethnicity on cardiac adaptation to exercise

Nature Reviews Cardiology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 198-217

  Sheikh, Nabeel ^a   Sharma, Sanjay ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; ATHLETE; CARDIAC ADAPTATION; ECG ABNORMALITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; EXERCISE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEART DILATATION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SPORT; T WAVE INVERSION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ATHLETES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUPS; EXERCISE; HEART; HUMANS;

EID: 84897105901     PISSN: 17595002     EISSN: 17595010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrcardio.2014.119     Document Type: Erratum

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