Athletic heart - Sanjay Manohar's Medical Browser
Athletic heart
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Causes
Exercise
Effects
Sinus bradycardia
Left ventricular hypertrophy
Gallop rhythm
High cardiac output state
Description
"non-pathological condition physiological adaptation of the body to the stresses of aerobic exercise. A larger heart = higher cardiac output Raised cardiac output = bradycardia. "
Type item name:
Sanjay Manohar
2006