Endurance sport and “cardiac injury”: A prospective study of recreational ironman athletes

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 9082-9100

  Leischik, Roman ^a   Spelsberg, Norman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac injury; Endurance sport; Marathon; Triathlon

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; INJURY; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SPORT;

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CYCLING; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDURANCE SPORT; FEMALE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART INJURY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART RATE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECREATION; RUNNING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPIROMETRY; SWIMMING; SYSTOLE; SYSTOLIC HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE AREA CHANGE FRACTION; TRIATHLON; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDURANCE; ERGOMETRY; HEART VENTRICLE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; ATHLETES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ERGOMETRY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECREATION; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 84908081475     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph110909082     Document Type: Article

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