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Cardiovascular Evaluation and Treatment of the Endurance Athlete

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Endurance athletes have been the focus of scientific investigation for more than a century. Advances in our understanding of cardiac adaptations to endurance exercise have largely paralleled advances in diagnostic technology. In the present era, the electrical, structural, and functional cardiac adaptations that accompany long-term endurance training have been comprehensively characterized. With record-setting number of endurance event finishers, it has never been more critical for care providers to possess the fundamental skills required for the care of the active endurance athlete. This chapter is written to provide the clinician with a basic foundation of knowledge in principal areas of patient care most relevant to the endurance athlete.

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Finch, J.A.M., Baggish, A.L. (2016). Cardiovascular Evaluation and Treatment of the Endurance Athlete. In: Miller, T. (eds) Endurance Sports Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32982-6_1

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