title: The athlete's heart. Historical perspectives--solved and unsolved problems.
abstract: Clinicians are coming back to Henschen's assessment of the athlete's heart as a physiologic and positive phenomenon. An athlete's heart may be affected by clinical conditions. Regarding the extreme performance of the athlete's heart in training and competition, conditions that may be harmless in sedentary people can be fatal for the athlete. The athlete's heart therefore deserves the particular interest and care of the sports cardiologist.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Sports Medicine and Cardiology, German University of Sport Sciences, Cologne, Germany.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rost
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000266:history* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D013177:Sports / Q000502:physiology*; D013178:Sports Medicine / Q000266:history