Predominance of normal left ventricular geometry in the male ‘athlete's heart’

Victor Utomi; David Oxborough; Euan Ashley; Rachel Lord; Sarah Fletcher; Mike Stembridge; Rob Shave; Martin D Hoffman; Greg Whyte; John Somauroo; Sanjay Sharma; Keith George

doi:10.1136/heartjnl-2014-305904

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Predominance of normal left ventricular geometry in the male ‘athlete's heart’

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Victor Utomi Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moore's University, Liverpool, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
David Oxborough Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moore's University, Liverpool, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Euan Ashley Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Lab, Stanford University, Centre for Inherited Cardiovascular Disease, Stanford, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Rachel Lord Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moore's University, Liverpool, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Sarah Fletcher Cardiology Department, Airedale General Hospital, Keighley, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Mike Stembridge School of Sport, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Rob Shave School of Sport, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Martin D Hoffman Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Department of Veterans Affairs, Northern California Health Care System, and University of California Davis Medical Centre, Sacramento, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Greg Whyte Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moore's University, Liverpool, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
John Somauroo Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moore's University, Liverpool, UK Cardiology Department, Countess of Chester Hospital, Chester, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Sanjay Sharma St George's University Hospital London, London, South West London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Keith George Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moore's University, Liverpool, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Victor Utomi, Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moore's University, Tom Reilly Building, Byrom Street, Liverpool L3 3AF, UK; v.s.utomi{at}2011.ljmu.ac.uk

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Utomi V, Oxborough D, Ashley E, et al

Predominance of normal left ventricular geometry in the male ‘athlete's heart’

Heart 2014;100:1264-1271.

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Received March 31, 2014
Revised May 2, 2014
Accepted May 12, 2014
First published June 10, 2014.

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May 30, 2016

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