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An observational case series described morphologic changes in male rowers' hearts concurrent with performance measurements using limited portable echocardiography.
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This case series describes morphologic changes in male rowers' hearts using portable echocardiography to help distinguish physiologic from pathologic remodeling.
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Hypothesis-generating for athlete cardiac remodeling; leaves open portable echocardiography's role in distinguishing physiologic from pathologic changes.
Athletes' hearts have been studied for adaptive changes in response to exercise. Physiologic changes are normal responses to intense athletic training regimens, whereas pathologic changes predispose athletes to sudden cardiac death. The two alterations overlap in clinical presentation. Research continues to investigate the upper limits of cardiac remodeling to aid clinical decision making. Studying normal changes that occur in response to exercise will advance physicians' understanding of physiologic responses to exercise and potentially improve clinical distinction. To expand this body of knowledge, we present an observational case series that describes morphologic changes in athlete's hearts concurrent with performance measurements.
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Kerkhof et al. (2018) conducted an observational in Athlete's heart. Intense athletic training (rowing) was evaluated on Morphologic changes in athlete's hearts. An observational case series described morphologic changes in male rowers' hearts concurrent with performance measurements using limited portable echocardiography.
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