The effect of Afro-Caribbean ethnicity on cardiac adaptation to exercise and the expression of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy : a clinical and genetic study

Background and Aims: Athlete’s heart in adolescent African/Afro-Caribbean (black) athletes and the implications of black ethnicity on ECG-based screening are unknown. Black athletes appear susceptible to sudden death from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), yet the phenotype of athletes with HCM and...

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Main Author: Sheikh, Nabeel
Other Authors: Sharma, Sanjay
Published: St George's, University of London 2017
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.719262