Delayed gadolinium enhancement and elevated plasma brain natriuretic peptide are useful in differentiating hypertrophic cardiomyopathy from athlete's heart.
Cheng
Tsung O
TO
D056352:Athletes; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005682:Gadolinium; D006801:Humans; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain / Q000097:blood*
D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain; D005682:Gadolinium