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Myocardial Hypertrophy in Athletes: Physiology or Pathology?

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This paper includes data from the 11th century to the present day on athlete’s heart and its most controversial trait, myocardial hypertrophy. Four historical stages in the evolution of the concept of athlete’s heart are considered: physical, electrocardiographic, echocardiographic, and magnetic resonance imaging stages.

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Original Russian Text © E.A. Gavrilova, 2018, published in Fiziologiya Cheloveka, 2018, Vol. 44, No. 3, pp. 90–96.

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Gavrilova, E.A. Myocardial Hypertrophy in Athletes: Physiology or Pathology?. Hum Physiol 44, 314–319 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0362119718030064

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