Population
Children, women, and men, including athletically trained men and women
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Supports attributing athletic heart enlargement to blood volume increases; leaves open causality pending prospective data.
The larger heart volume observed in healthy, athletically trained individuals appears to be entirely attributable to the increased blood volume associated with physical training.
Kjellberg et al. (1949) studied this question.
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