Improved Right Ventricular Performance with Increased Tricuspid Annular Excursion in Athlete’s Heart
Background: Marathon runners (MTH) and patients with mitral regurgitation (MR) exhibit left ventricular (LV) overload, and LV geometric changes in these groups have been reported. In this study, right ventricular (RV) adaptation to chronic volume overload was evaluated in MTH and MR and normal contr...
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| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2015-04-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fcvm.2015.00008/full |