Distinguishing hypertrophic cardiomyopathy from athlete's heart: a clinical problem of increasing magnitude and significance

Heart. 2005 Nov;91(11):1380-2. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2005.060962.

Abstract

As hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a common cause of sudden deaths among athletes, differentiating this condition from the non-pathological "athlete's heart" presents an important challenge.

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / diagnosis*
  • Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / physiopathology
  • Death, Sudden, Cardiac*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Echocardiography
  • Female
  • Genetic Testing
  • Heart / anatomy & histology*
  • Heart / physiology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Physical Fitness / physiology
  • Sex Characteristics
  • Sports* / physiology
  • Ventricular Function, Left / physiology