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Differentiating hypertrophic cardiomyopathy from athlete's heart presents a major clinical challenge given that the condition is a common cause of sudden death among athletes.
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Remains a key challenge to prevent sudden cardiac death in athletes; leaves open the need for prospective validation of diagnostic algorithms.
As hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a common cause of sudden deaths among athletes, differentiating this condition from the non-pathological "athlete's heart" presents an important challenge.
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Barry J. Maron (2005) studied this question. Differentiating hypertrophic cardiomyopathy from athlete's heart presents a major clinical challenge given that the condition is a common cause of sudden death among athletes.
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