Coronary Artery Calcification Among Endurance Athletes: "Hearts of Stone"

Affiliations

¹ From Cardiovascular Performance Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (A.L.B.); and Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Resources and the University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas (B.D.L.). abaggish@partners.org.
² From Cardiovascular Performance Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (A.L.B.); and Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Resources and the University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas (B.D.L.).

Editorial

Aaron L Baggish et al. Circulation. 2017.

. 2017 Jul 11;136(2):149-151.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.028750.

¹ From Cardiovascular Performance Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (A.L.B.); and Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Resources and the University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas (B.D.L.). abaggish@partners.org.
² From Cardiovascular Performance Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (A.L.B.); and Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Resources and the University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas (B.D.L.).

No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; athletes; cardiomegaly, exercise-induced; coronary angiography; coronary artery calcium.

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