Why the study?
Prolonged and extensive physical activity may increase the prevalence of myocardial fibrosis in athletes, warranting review of its patterns, causes, clinical significance, and diagnostic differentiation from cardiomyopathies using CMR.
Advanced CMR techniques, including parametric imaging, are valuable tools for detecting diffuse myocardial fibrosis and distinguishing benign athlete's heart from underlying cardiomyopathies.
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Myocardial fibrosis in athletes remains incompletely characterized; leaves open its clinical significance and need for prospective validation.
Małek et al. (2020) studied this question.
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