Patterns of left ventricular diastolic function in olympic athletes

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 236-244

  Caselli, Stefano ^a   Di Paolo, Fernando M ^a   Pisicchio, Cataldo ^a   Pandian, Natesa G ^b   Pelliccia, Antonio ^a  

^a Institute of Sports Medicine and Science   (Italy)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Athletes; Diastolic function; Doppler; Echocardiography; LV hypertrophy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPH; ENDURANCE SPORT; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE INFLOW VELOCITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE RELAXATION; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; ISOVOLUMIC RELAXATION TIME; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDURANCE; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921472873     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: 10976795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2014.09.013     Document Type: Article

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