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Coronary Artery Anomalies and Sports Activities

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A 19-year-old African-American male basketball player had trained and competed intensively for at least 5 years without having cardiovascular signs or symptoms. He excelled at this sport and was the star of his high-school basketball team.

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The author thanks Virginia Fairchild of the Texas Heart Institute’s Department of Scientific Publications for editorial assistance in preparing this chapter. He also thanks Melissa Mayo and Isabel Vasquez of the Texas Heart Institute’s Visual Communications Services for help in preparing the figures.

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Angelini, P. (2011). Coronary Artery Anomalies and Sports Activities. In: Lawless, C. (eds) Sports Cardiology Essentials. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-92775-6_15

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