The Female Side of the Heart: Sex Differences in Athlete's Heart

JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2017 Sep;10(9):973-975. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2016.08.010. Epub 2016 Nov 16.

Authors

Antonio Pelliccia¹, Paolo Emilio Adami²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine of Sport, Institute of Sport Medicine and Science, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: ant.pelliccia@libero.it.
² Department of Medicine of Sport, Institute of Sport Medicine and Science, Rome, Italy.

PMID: 27865720
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2016.08.010

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Keywords: athlete's heart; left ventricular geometry; physiological adaptation to exercise.

Publication types

Editorial
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MeSH terms

Athletes*
Exercise
Female
Heart*
Humans
Male
Sports