Left ventricular dimensions and mechanics in distance runners

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Parasternal lineMedicineCardiologyInternal medicineDiastoleStroke volumeLeft ventricular hypertrophyVolume overloadMass indexEjection fractionBody mass indexBlood pressureHeart failure

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Year: 1986
Type: article
Volume: 112
Issue: 6
Pages: 1251-1256
Citations: 30
Access: Closed

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                                    Judith K. Mickelson, 
                                
                                    Benjamin F. Byrd, 
                                
                                    Alain Bouchard
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1986). 
                            Left ventricular dimensions and mechanics in distance runners. 
                            American Heart Journal
                            , 112
                            (6)
                            , 1251-1256.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/0002-8703(86)90356-x
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/0002-8703(86)90356-x