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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and athlete's heart: a tale of two entities.
European journal of echocardiography : the journal of the Working Group on Echocardiography of the European Society of Cardiology - 1 Jan 2009
Martín María, Reguero José Julián Rodríguez, Castro Mónica García, Coto Eliécer, Hernández Ernesto, Carro Amelia, Calvo David, de la Tassa César Morís
Abstract excerpt
Sudden death during sports activities, although unfrequent, is a tragic event with great impact on both the general and medical communities. The two commonest conditions leading to sudden cardiac death in young athletes are hyperthrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), the main cause in the USA, and arrythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy, which is the leading cause in Europe. We report the case of a 17-year-old...
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