Left atrial phasic function interacts to support left ventricular filling during exercise in healthy athletes

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 328-333

  Wright, Steve ^a,b   Sasson, Zion ^b   Gray, Taylor ^a   Chelvanathan, Anjala ^b   Esfandiari, Sam ^b,c   Dimitry, John ^b   Armstrong, Sarah ^b   Mak, Susanna ^b,c   Goodman, Jack M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atrial function; Diastolic function; Echocardiography; Exercise physiology

Indexed keywords

AGED; ATHLETE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; TIME FACTOR;

AGED; ATHLETES; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; EXERCISE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RUNNING; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84939790744     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00307.2015     Document Type: Article

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