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Exercise-induced cardiac remodeling (EICR) refers to the cardiac structural adaptations that develop in response to the hemodynamic demands of intense athletic training. These changes can overlap with similar appearing structural features of cardiomyopathies such as dilated cardiomyopathies (DCM), left ventricular non-compaction (LVNC), arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC), and infiltrative cardiomyopathies. The purpose of this chapter is twofold: it details the diagnostic framework, including appropriate imaging techniques, stress testing, and electrocardiographic evaluation, necessary to differentiate each of the aforementioned classes of cardiomyopathies from EICR, and subsequently it reviews current guidelines that address activity restriction and sports participation among individuals with these conditions.

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Lander, B., Engel, D.J. (2021). Other Cardiomyopathies. In: Engel, D.J., Phelan, D.M. (eds) Sports Cardiology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69384-8_8

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