Athlete's heart or hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Usefulness of N-Terminal pro-Brain Natriuretic Peptide

Abstract Background Distinguishing physiological hypertrophy from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in athletes remains difficult, but vital in view of the risk of sudden death under effort. NT-proBNP was previously reported to be usually normal in healthy athletes, but often elevated in case of hypertrop...

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