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Systematic athletic training induces physiological cardiac adaptations that must be carefully differentiated from potentially fatal conditions like hypertrophic cardiomyopathy using clinical and imaging criteria.
This review highlights electrical and morphological changes in the athlete's heart and provides practical methods to differentiate physiological adaptations from underlying disease.
Clinicians must differentiate athlete's heart from HCM using clinical and imaging criteria; leaves open prospective validation across diverse athletic populations.
The deaths of a number of high-profile athletes within the sporting community have focused attention on the phenomenon of ‘the athlete's heart’. This review highlights the electrical and morphological changes observed in the hearts of athletes, and provides practical methods for differentiating physiology from disease.
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Zaidi et al. (2011) conducted a review in Athlete's heart and Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Systematic athletic training vs. Non-athletic individuals was evaluated. Systematic athletic training induces physiological cardiac adaptations that must be carefully differentiated from potentially fatal conditions like hypertrophic cardiomyopathy using clinical and imaging criteria.
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