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Intense exercise presents a significant hemodynamic challenge that disproportionately increases right ventricular afterload and wall stress, potentially leading to myocardial fatigue or damage.
Intense exercise disproportionately increases right ventricular afterload and wall stress, which can cause diagnostic overlap with inherited cardiomyopathies like ARVC and potentially predispose to arrhythmias.
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May confound ARVC diagnosis in athletes; leaves open whether intense exercise promotes arrhythmogenic remodeling.
Gerche et al. (2017) conducted a review in Athlete's heart and arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC). Intense exercise was evaluated. Intense exercise presents a significant hemodynamic challenge that disproportionately increases right ventricular afterload and wall stress, potentially leading to myocardial fatigue or damage.
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