Ultrasonographic study of left ventricular function at rest in a group of highly trained black African handball players
Author(s) -
Anastase Dzudié,
Alain Ménanga,
B. Hamadou,
André Pascal Kengne,
G. Atchou,
Samuel Kingué
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
european journal of echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.576
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1525-2167
pISSN - 1532-2114
DOI - 10.1016/j.euje.2006.02.006
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , asymptomatic , ejection fraction , doppler echocardiography , fractional shortening , diastole , cardiac function curve , heart failure , blood pressure
Most of the studies of athlete's heart have been performed on Caucasian and yet, evidence suggests that there are racial differences in the response of the heart to certain pathological conditions such as hypertension. This study aimed to evaluate the morphologic cardiac changes in a group of highly trained Cameroonian handball players.
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