Heart in black and white adolescent athletes

What is it about?

Adolescent black athletes, as well as adult athletes, exhibit a higher left ventricular hypertrophy with a concentric remodelling than their Caucasian counterparts

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Why is it important?

•Black adolescent athletes may develop significant left ventricular hypertrophy which must be taken into account during the prepartecipation screening process •Black adolescent athletes may develop significant repolarisation changes which must be taken into account during the prepartecipation screening process • New age- and ethnicity-specific parameters and guidelines are needed in an effort to discriminate physiological and pathologic hypertrophy in the prepartecipation screening evaluation of non professional adolescent athletes

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