enlargement of the heart, caused by continued, heavy physical exertion
Examples of 'athlete's heart' in a sentence
athlete's heart
The cardiac findings resemble the athlete's heart syndrome described in humans.
Slawuta Piotr, Nowak Marcin, Nicpoń Józef, Noszczyk-Nowak Agnieszka 2009, 'Preliminary reference values for electrocardiography, echocardiography and myocardialmorphometry in the European brown hare (Lepus europaeus)', Acta Veterinaria Scandinavicahttp://www.actavetscand.com/content/51/1/6. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Problems in differential diagnosis between the athlete's heart and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy are still existed.
Urszula Fałkowska, Agnieszka Radzka, Marta Pawlicka, Anna Mroczek, Kamil Bałabuszek,Halina Piecewicz-Szczęsna 2018, 'So-called gray zone between athlete's heart and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy- the significanceof new imaging techniques in differential diagnosis', Journal of Education, Health and Sporthttp://www.ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/5494. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)