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Systemic hypertension and physical exercise both induce structural and functional cardiac adaptations that prominently lead to left ventricular hypertrophy.
This review summarizes the structural and functional cardiac adaptations, specifically left ventricular hypertrophy, in athletes compared to hypertensive patients.
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May complicate LVH interpretation in hypertensive athletes; leaves open need for better differentiation criteria in prospective studies.
Lović et al. (2017) studied this question. Systemic hypertension and physical exercise both induce structural and functional cardiac adaptations that prominently lead to left ventricular hypertrophy.
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