Do big athletes have big hearts? Impact of extreme anthropometry upon cardiac hypertrophy in professional male athletes

AIM: Differentiating physiological cardiac hypertrophy from pathology is challenging when the athlete presents with extreme anthropometry. While upper normal limits exist for maximal left ventricular (LV) wall thickness (14 mm) and LV internal diameter in diastole (LVIDd, 65 mm), it is unknown if th...

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Autores principales: Riding, Nathan R, Salah, Othman, Sharma, Sanjay, Carré, François, O'Hanlon, Rory, George, Keith P, Hamilton, Bruce, Chalabi, Hakim, Whyte, Gregory P, Wilson, Mathew G
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3603682/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23097487
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2012-091258

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3603682/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23097487
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2012-091258

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