Increased Flow, Dam Walls, and Upstream Pressure: The Physiological Challenges and Atrial Consequences of Intense Exercise

André La Gerche¹, Guido Claessen²

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¹ Department of Sports Cardiology, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Department of Cardiology, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University Hospital Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. Electronic address: Andre.LaGerche@bakeridi.edu.au.
² Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University Hospital Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.

PMID: 27544894
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2016.06.008

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Increased Flow, Dam Walls, and Upstream Pressure: The Physiological Challenges and Atrial Consequences of Intense Exercise

André La Gerche et al. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2016 Dec.

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. 2016 Dec;9(12):1389-1391.

doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2016.06.008. Epub 2016 Aug 17.

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André La Gerche¹, Guido Claessen²

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¹ Department of Sports Cardiology, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Department of Cardiology, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University Hospital Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. Electronic address: Andre.LaGerche@bakeridi.edu.au.
² Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University Hospital Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.

PMID: 27544894
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2016.06.008

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Keywords: athlete's heart; atrial fibrillation; endurance exercise.

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