Left ventricular noncompaction and athletes: looking for stratification criteria

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Sandra Secades et al. JAMA Intern Med. 2015 Jan.

. 2015 Jan;175(1):141-2.

doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.6980.

¹ Department of Cardiology, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain.

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