Blood Pressure and Left Ventricular Hypertrophy During American-Style Football Participation
Author(s) -
Rory B. Weiner,
Francis Wang,
Stephanie Isaacs,
Rajeev Malhotra,
Brant Berkstresser,
Jonathan H. Kim,
Adolph M. Hutter,
Michael H. Picard,
Thomas J. Wang,
Aaron L. Baggish
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.113.003522
Subject(s) - medicine , left ventricular hypertrophy , cardiology , blood pressure , diastole , athletes , muscle hypertrophy , concentric hypertrophy , population , prehypertension , physical therapy , environmental health
Hypertension, a strong determinant of cardiovascular disease risk, has been documented among elite, professional American-style football (ASF) players. The risk of increased blood pressure (BP) and early adulthood hypertension among the substantially larger population of collegiate ASF athletes is not known.
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