Pitfalls in the differentiation between athlete's heart and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Clinical Research in Cardiology

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 465-466

  Scharhag, Jürgen ^a   Kindermann, Wilfried ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

ATHLETE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOLOGY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENDURANCE SPORT; ERGOMETRY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; HEART; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; LETTER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SCREENING; SPORT;

CARDIOMEGALY; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; SPORTS;

EID: 67651210683     PISSN: 18610684     EISSN: 18610692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-009-0035-z     Document Type: Letter

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