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Editorial
. 2017 Apr;10(4):394-397.
doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2016.05.011. Epub 2016 Aug 17.

Revisiting Athlete's Heart Versus Pathologic Hypertrophy: ARVC and the Right Ventricle

Barry J Maron  1 , Bradley A Maron  2
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Editorial

Revisiting Athlete's Heart Versus Pathologic Hypertrophy: ARVC and the Right Ventricle

Barry J Maron et al. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2017 Apr.
No abstract available

Keywords: arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy; athlete's heart; exercise conditioning; training.

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FIGURE 1
FIGURE 1. Differential Diagnosis Between Athlete's Heart and Cardiac Disease
Overlap between physiologic LV hypertrophy and pathologic conditions is shown in gray. ARVC = arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy; HCM = hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; LV = left ventricular; RV = right ventricular.
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Comment on

  • RV Remodeling in Olympic Athletes.
    D'Ascenzi F, Pisicchio C, Caselli S, Di Paolo FM, Spataro A, Pelliccia A. D'Ascenzi F, et al. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2017 Apr;10(4):385-393. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2016.03.017. Epub 2016 Aug 17. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2017. PMID: 27544901

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