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What are the upper normal limits of physiological cardiac hypertrophy in elite male athletes across different sports?
What are the upper normal limits of physiological cardiac hypertrophy in elite male athletes across different sports?
Elite male athletes exhibit sport-specific left ventricular adaptations, with endurance athletes showing the most pronounced physiological hypertrophy, though maximum wall thickness rarely exceeds 11 mm.
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May aid differentiation of physiological from pathological LV hypertrophy in athletes; extends observational data but leaves open need for prospective validation.
Zarina (2010) studied this question.
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