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The Significance of “Contractile Reserve” in the Echocardiographic Assessment of Athletic Heart Syndrome

The clinical distinction between athlete's heart and structural heart disease in the echocardiography laboratory is often challenging. We present a case where athletic heart syndrome was promptly differentiated from pathology with a simple maneuver during echocardiography.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Christopoulos, Georgios, Barrett-O'Keefe, Zachary, Chandrasekaran, Krishnaswamy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7307621/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32766104
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jcecho.jcecho_48_19
Descripción
Sumario:The clinical distinction between athlete's heart and structural heart disease in the echocardiography laboratory is often challenging. We present a case where athletic heart syndrome was promptly differentiated from pathology with a simple maneuver during echocardiography.