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Distinguishing hypertrophic cardiomyopathy from athlete’s heart: a clinical problem of increasing magnitude and significance
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
- HCM, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- LV, left ventricular
- SAM, systolic anterior motion
- cardiomyopathy
- athletes
- echocardiography
- sudden death