title: The athlete's heart. Historical perspectives.
abstract: Even an athlete's heart may be affected by clinical conditions. Regarding the extreme performances of the athlete's heart in training and competition, even conditions that might be harmless in sedentary people can be fatal for the athlete. Looking back on the history of the athlete's heart, some common mistakes in its assessment can be avoided that might harm the athlete on the misinterpretation of adaptational phenomena or the trivialization of clinical conditions.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Sports Medicine and Cardiology, German University for Sports Sciences, Cologne.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rost
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000818:Animals; D002309:Cardiology / Q000266:history*; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000503:physiopathology; D006321:Heart / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D013178:Sports Medicine / Q000266:history*