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Comparison of Coronary Vasodilator Reserve in Elite Rowing Athletes Versus Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- Source :
- The American Journal of Cardiology. 80:1621-1623
- Publication Year :
- 1997
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 1997.
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Abstract
- Compared to normal volunteers, coronary vasodilation reserve is reduced in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy but not in rowing athletes with left ventricular hypertrophy. Positron emission tomography can provide complementary information to distinguish between the athlete's heart and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Heart disease
Rowing
Blood Pressure
Left ventricular hypertrophy
Coronary circulation
Heart Rate
Coronary Circulation
Internal medicine
Heart rate
medicine
Humans
biology
Athletes
business.industry
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic
biology.organism_classification
medicine.disease
Echocardiography, Doppler
Vasodilation
medicine.anatomical_structure
Cardiology
Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular
Coronary vasodilator
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
Sports
Tomography, Emission-Computed
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00029149
- Volume :
- 80
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The American Journal of Cardiology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....90630023f99c88e7b8aa796ff6e9fe6e
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0002-9149(97)00778-9