The Potential Cardiotoxic Effects of Exercise

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 421-428

  La Gerche, André ^a,b  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; CARDIOTOXICITY; ENDURANCE TRAINING; EXERCISE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; REVIEW; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEALTH; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; INCIDENCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 84959169750     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2015.11.010     Document Type: Review

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