Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3031259 | Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine | 2016 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Millions of athletes train for and participate in competitive athletics each year. Many of these athletes will present to a cardiovascular specialist with signs or symptoms that might indicate heart disease and these athletes/patients will ask for advice on their ability to continue to train and compete safely. By virtue of their training, athletes׳ hearts may undergo significant structural and electrical change, presenting a special challenge for the cardiovascular specialist. It is important to understand normal adaptive changes in order to separate normal physiology from pathology.
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Authors
Richard Kovacs, Aaron L. Baggish,