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Differentiation between athlete’s heart and dilated cardiomyopathy in athletic individuals

Differentiation between athlete’s heart and dilated cardiomyopathy in athletic individuals

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Differentiation between athlete’s heart and dilated cardiomyopathy in athletic individuals

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Full title

Differentiation between athlete’s heart and dilated cardiomyopathy in athletic individuals

Publisher

England: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Cardiovascular Society

Journal title

Heart (British Cardiac Society), 2020-04, Vol.106 (14), p.1059-1065

Language

English

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Publication information

Publisher

England: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Cardiovascular Society

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Scope and Contents

Contents

ObjectiveDistinguishing early dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) from physiological left ventricular (LV) dilatation with LV ejection fraction <55% in athletes (grey zone) is challenging. We evaluated the role of a cascade of investigations to differentiate these two entities.MethodsThirty-five asymptomatic active males with DCM, 25 male athletes in the...

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Full title

Differentiation between athlete’s heart and dilated cardiomyopathy in athletic individuals

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Record Identifier

TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2395616500

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2395616500

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ISSN

1355-6037

E-ISSN

1468-201X

DOI

10.1136/heartjnl-2019-316147

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