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Intense endurance exercise in two male athletes was associated with severe, isolated right atrium enlargement out of proportion to other cardiac chambers.
Case Report (n=2)
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May inform sports medicine cases cautiously; hypothesis-generating and requires validation in larger studies.
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Timothy E. Paterick (2018) conducted a case report in Athlete's heart with severe right atrium enlargement (n=2). Intense endurance exercise was evaluated on Right atrium enlargement. Intense endurance exercise in two male athletes was associated with severe, isolated right atrium enlargement out of proportion to other cardiac chambers.
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