Efficacy of various "classic" echocardiographic and laboratory indices in distinguishing the "gray zone" between athlete's heart and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a pilot study.

Pagourelias, Efstathios D; Efthimiadis, Georgios K; Kouidi, Evangelia; Zorou, Paraskevi; Giannoglou, Georgios; Deligiannis, Asterios; Athyros, Vasilis G; Karagiannis, Asterios; Geleris, Paraschos

Pagourelias, Efstathios D; Efthimiadis, Georgios K; Kouidi, Evangelia; Zorou, Paraskevi; Giannoglou, Georgios; Deligiannis, Asterios; Athyros, Vasilis G; Karagiannis, Asterios; Geleris, Paraschos.

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Pagourelias ED; Third Cardiology Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece. statpag@yahoo.gr

Echocardiography ; 30(2): 131-9, 2013 Feb.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23167844

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Athletes; Cardiomegaly, Exercise-Induced/physiology; Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic/diagnostic imaging; Echocardiography/methods; Heart Ventricles/diagnostic imaging; Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular/diagnostic imaging; Natriuretic Peptide, Brain/blood; Adolescent; Adult; Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic/blood; Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic/physiopathology; Diagnosis, Differential; Exercise Test; Follow-Up Studies; Heart Ventricles/physiopathology; Humans; Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular/blood; Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular/physiopathology; Male; Pilot Projects; Retrospective Studies; Young Adult

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Echocardiography / Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Natriuretic Peptide, Brain / Athletes / Cardiomegaly, Exercise-Induced / Heart Ventricles Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies Limits: Adolescent / Adult / Humans / Male Language: En Journal: Echocardiography Journal subject: CARDIOLOGIA / DIAGNOSTICO POR IMAGEM Year: 2013 Type: Article Affiliation country: Greece

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