Myocardial fibrosis in athletes: Additional considerations

Łukasz A Małek^{1

2}, Chiara Bucciarelli-Ducci³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, National Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland.
² MSc in Sports Cardiology, St. George's University of London, London, UK.
³ Bristol Heart Institute, Bristol National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Trust and University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.

Comment

Łukasz A Małek et al. Clin Cardiol. 2020 Nov.

. 2020 Nov;43(11):1208.

doi: 10.1002/clc.23466. Epub 2020 Sep 24.

Łukasz A Małek^{1

2}, Chiara Bucciarelli-Ducci³

¹ Department of Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, National Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland.
² MSc in Sports Cardiology, St. George's University of London, London, UK.
³ Bristol Heart Institute, Bristol National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Trust and University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no potential conflict of interest.

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