The hearts of competitive athletes: An up-to-date overview of exercise-induced cardiac adaptations

Intense and regular physical exercise is responsible for various cardiac changes (electrical, structural and functional) that represent physiological adaptation to exercise training. This remodeling, commonly referred to as ‘athlete's heart’, can overlap with several pathological entities, in w...

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Main Authors: Hélder Dores, António Freitas, Aneil Malhotra, Miguel Mendes, Sanjay Sharma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-01-01
Series:Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0870255114003217