Is elite sport activity associated with specific supranormal left ventricular contractility? (Insights from the three-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiographic MAGYAR-Sport Study)

Int J Cardiol. 2016 Oct 1:220:77-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.06.124. Epub 2016 Jun 23.

¹ 2nd Department of Medicine and Cardiology Centre, Medical Faculty, Albert Szent-Györgyi Clinical Centre, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary. Electronic address: [email protected].
² 2nd Department of Medicine and Cardiology Centre, Medical Faculty, Albert Szent-Györgyi Clinical Centre, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary.
³ 1st Department of Medicine, Medical Faculty, Albert Szent-Györgyi Clinical Centre, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary.
⁴ Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Medical Faculty, Albert Szent-Györgyi Clinical Centre, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary.
⁵ Department of Sports Medicine, Medical Faculty, Albert Szent-Györgyi Clinical Centre, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary.
⁶ Intitute of Physical Education and Sports Science, Gyula Juhász Faculty of Education, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary.

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Keywords: Echocardiography; Speckle-tracking; Sport; Strain; Three-dimensional.

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