Open AccessLeft ventricular wall motion during diastolic filling in endurance-trained athletes
Author(s) -
Arno SchmidtTrucksäss,
Andreas Schmid,
Christian Häussler,
G. Carl Huber,
M. Huonker,
J. Keul
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
medicine and science in sports and exercise
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.703
H-Index - 224
eISSN - 1530-0315
pISSN - 0195-9131
DOI - 10.1097/00005768-200102000-00003
Subject(s) - cardiology , medicine , diastolic function , diastole , endurance training , doppler echocardiography , athletes , basal (medicine) , blood pressure , physical therapy , insulin
The purpose of this study was to assess left ventricular (LV) wall motion in highly endurance-trained athletes to evaluate LV diastolic function in physiologically hypertrophied hearts.