Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 23, Issue 11 , Pages 1190-1198 , November 2010

Differences of Myocardial Systolic Deformation and Correlates of Diastolic Function in Competitive Rowers and Young Hypertensives: A Speckle-Tracking Echocardiography Study

  • Maurizio Galderisi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Federico II University, Naples, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Maurizio Galderisi, MD, Echocardiography Laboratory Cardioangiology With CCU Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Federico II University Hospital of Naples, Block 1 Via S Pansini 5, 80131 Naples, Italy.
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  • Vincenzo Schiano Lomoriello, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Federico II University, Naples, Italy
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  • Alessandro Santoro, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Federico II University, Naples, Italy
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  • Roberta Esposito, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Federico II University, Naples, Italy
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  • Marinella Olibet, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Federico II University, Naples, Italy
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  • Rosa Raia, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Federico II University, Naples, Italy
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  • Matteo Nicola Dario Di Minno, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Federico II University, Naples, Italy
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  • Germano Guerra, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Sciences, University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy
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  • Donato Mele, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, University Hospital of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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  • Gaetano Lombardi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Endocrinology and Molecular and Clinical Oncology, Federico II University, Naples, Italy

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doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2010.07.010

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 23, Issue 11 , Pages 1190-1198 , November 2010

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