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Athlete's heart and myocardial hypertrophy have evolved conceptually through four historical diagnostic stages: physical, electrocardiographic, echocardiographic, and magnetic resonance imaging.
This review traces the historical evolution of the concept of athlete's heart and myocardial hypertrophy across physical, electrocardiographic, echocardiographic, and MRI stages.
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Provides historical context for athlete's heart diagnosis; extends conceptual framework but leaves open standardization of advanced imaging criteria.
This paper includes data from the 11th century to the present day on athlete’s heart and its most controversial trait, myocardial hypertrophy. Four historical stages in the evolution of the concept of athlete’s heart are considered: physical, electrocardiographic, echocardiographic, and magnetic resonance imaging stages.
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Е. А. Гаврилова (2018) studied this question. Athlete's heart and myocardial hypertrophy have evolved conceptually through four historical diagnostic stages: physical, electrocardiographic, echocardiographic, and magnetic resonance imaging.
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