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cardiac output
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cardiac output The amount of blood per minute pumped out by each of the two ventricles of the heart. A typical value in an adult at rest is 5 litres per minute. The output of each ventricle is the product of the
stroke volume (about 70 ml) and the
heart rate (about 70 per minute). The output increases with muscular activity, in work or exercise perhaps to a maximum of 4–5 times the resting rate in an average healthy person, or up to 6–7 times in athletes; heart rate increases by a greater factor than stroke volume.
Stuart Judge
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blood circulation;
exercise;
heart.
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OSU Doctor to Study Athletes' Hearts
News Wire article from: AP Online; 10/26/2006; 700+ words
; ...cardiologist will study the hearts of student-athletes at Ohio State University...could help predict heart attacks in young...thickening of the heart muscle that is the...sudden death in athletes. The European Society...sideline a healthy athlete. And a correct...both by families of ...
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Testing Athletes' Hearts May Cut Deaths
News Wire article from: AP Online; 10/3/2006; 700+ words
; CHICAGO - Testing athletes' hearts dramatically lowered...get EKGs for hidden heart problems before playing...school and college athletes, according to data...tests on would-be athletes for the past 12 years...that time, only one athlete has been disqualified because of detected ...
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Athletes' hearts bulk up
News Wire article from: University Wire; 3/7/2007; ; 533 words
; ...Harvard University athletes have the biggest muscles on campus and their hearts are no exception, according...study that tracked the heart development of Harvard...heart structures of athletes belonging to the Harvard...structure of] almost every athlete," said Baggish, a...training ...
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Testing Athletes Hearts to Be Discussed at Stanford Conference.(Conference news)
Business Wire; 6/9/2009; 688 words
; STANFORD, Calif. -- Heart experts from Europe and the...pre-participation testing of athletes' hearts at the first annual hypertrophic...cause of sudden death in young athletes. "Athlete's heart, sudden death and hypertrophic...
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Testing Athletes Hearts to be a Topic at Stanford Conference.(Conference news)
Magazine article from: Health & Beauty Close-Up; 6/11/2009; 610 words
; Heart experts from Europe and the United...surrounding pre-participation testing of athletes' hearts at the first annual hypertrophic...common cause of sudden death in young athletes. "Athlete's heart, sudden death and hypertrophic...
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 "St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO)")
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Need to check young athletes' hearts is debated HEALTHY KIDS.(Eat, Drink, Live)
Newspaper article from: St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO); 1/21/2009; 700+ words
; ...Most are due to unrecognized heart disorders. In some cases...death; less than half of athletes who die suddenly had symptoms...electrocardiograms for all competitive athletes. Subsequently there was a...of sudden death for Italian athletes, one that has been attributed...unlike for the ...
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 "Consumer Health News (English)")
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Experts Urge School Screening of Athletes' Hearts; Inexpensive EKGs would reduce risk of sudden death, study finds.(electrocardiograms)(Brief article)
News Wire article from: Consumer Health News (English); 11/15/2009; 700+ words
; ...cardiac death among high school athletes, U.S. researchers report...EKGs) on 2,057 student athletes. The results, which were...cardiologist, revealed 186 athletes with abnormal EKGs. All but...thickening or stiffening of heart muscle; coarctation, a narrowing...
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 "Birmingham Evening Mail (England)")
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Test all athletes' hearts - coroner.
Newspaper article from: Birmingham Evening Mail (England); 10/17/1998; 368 words
; A CORONER has recommended that all athletes undergo heart screening before taking part in sporting...the British Athletics Federation to require athletes to undergo pre-competition heart screening. "The day will come that that...
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Test all athletes' hearts - coroner
Newspaper article from: Evening Mail; 10/17/1998; 362 words
; A CORONER has recommended that all athletes undergo heart screening before taking part in sporting...the British Athletics Federation to require athletes to undergo pre-competition heart screening. "The day will come that that...
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Medicine still can't detect all athletes' heart problems. (Originated from Orlando Sentinel)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 7/31/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...may be the best-conditioned athletes in the world and they have...cardiologists with the Florida Heart Group who works closely with...tests indicated that his heart was normal. Although he did...sinus arrhythmia (an irregular heart rhythm), that is not uncommon...who normally have larger ...
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athlete's heart
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
athlete's heart common term for an enlarged heart associated with repeated strenuous exercise. As a result of the increased workload required of it, the heart will increase physiologically by enlarging chambers and muscle...
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Athletic Heart Syndrome
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.
Athletic Heart Syndrome Definition Athletic...is the adaptation of an athlete's heart in response...being pumped with each heart beat, the heart rate when at rest decreases...SUD) is the death of an athlete, usually during or shortly...
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Heart Block
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.
...in the lower portion of the heart. Though this impulse usually keeps the heart from stopping entirely, it...and symptoms First-degree heart block is fairly common. It...adults and in well-trained athletes. The condition may be caused...
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Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.
...of the lower chambers of the heart. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy...cardiomyopathy in which the walls of the heart's chambers thicken abnormally...in young people, often in athletes. For this reason it is sometimes...reports that 36% of young athletes who die suddenly have probable...
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Dyroen-Lancer, Becky
Book article from: Notable Sports Figures
...Starting out life with a heart condition, Lancer recovered...Lancer is known as a dedicated athlete who practices more than six...beginning to become an incredible athlete. She has joked that she was...recognition as Coca-Cola Athlete of the Day, but four more...
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