Short Communication Open Access
Volume 1 | Issue 1 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.46439/rehabilitation.1.004
Exercise-induced left ventricular trabeculation: what’s the evidence?
Andrew D’Silva1,2,*
- 1Department of Cardiology and Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, St Thomas’ Hospital, London, United Kingdom
- 2Division of Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
Corresponding Author
Andrew D’Silva, andrew.dsilva@gstt.nhs.uk
Received Date: July 06, 2020
Accepted Date: July 25, 2020
D’Silva A. Exercise-induced left ventricular trabeculation: what’s the evidence?. J Rehabil Res Pract 2020; 1(1):8-10.
Copyright: © 2020 D’Silva A. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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