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01-07-2009 | Letter to the Editors

Pitfalls in the differentiation between athlete’s heart and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Authors: Jürgen Scharhag, Wilfried Kindermann

Published in: Clinical Research in Cardiology | Issue 7/2009

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Title: Pitfalls in the differentiation between athlete’s heart and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Authors: Jürgen Scharhag
Wilfried Kindermann
Publication date: 01-07-2009
Publisher: D. Steinkopff-Verlag
Published in: Clinical Research in Cardiology / Issue 7/2009
Print ISSN: 1861-0684
Electronic ISSN: 1861-0692
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-009-0035-z

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