The "athlete's heart" features in amateur male marathon runners.

CONCLUSIONS: "Athlete's heart" features occur in amateur marathon runners. In this group, ECHO reference values for highly-trained elite athletes should be considered, rather than those for the general population and even then LAVI can exceed the upper normal value.
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Source: Cardiology Journal - January 6, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Lewicka-Potocka Z, Dąbrowska-Kugacka A, Lewicka E, Kaleta AM, Dorniak K, Daniłowicz-Szymanowicz L, Fijałkowski M, Nabiałek-Trojanowska I, Ratkowski W, Potocki W, Raczak G Tags: Cardiol J Source Type: research