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International Journal of Clinical Research & Trials Volume 5 (2020), Article ID 5:IJCRT-153, 7 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-8007/2020/153
Scoping Studies
The Role of Echocardiography in Evaluation of Athletic Heart: A Scoping Study

Yitzhak Rosen1, Hymie H Chera2, Mohammed Abdulrazzaq1, Mohammed Al-Sadawi2, Boaz D. Rosen3, Joao Lima3, Richard Grodman4, Jason Lazar1 and Samy I. McFarlane2,*

1Department of Cardiology, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, 450 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, USA
2Department of Internal Medicine, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, 450 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, USA
3Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Imaging, 600 N Wolfe St, Johns Hopkins Hospital, affiliated with Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Maryland, USA
4Department of Cardiology, Richmond University medical center, 355 Bard avenue, Staten Island, New York, USA
Prof. Samy I. McFarlane, College of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Internal Medicine Residency Program Director, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, 450 Clarkson Ave, Box 50, Brooklyn, New York 11203-2098, USA. Tel: 718-270- 6707, Fax 718-270-4488; E-mail: smcfarlane@downstate.edu
20 November 2020; 05 December 2020; 07 December 2020
Rosen Y, Chera HH, Abdulrazzaq M, Al-Sadawi M, Rosen BD, et al. (2020) The Role of Echocardiography in Evaluation of Athletic Heart: A Scoping Study. Int J Clin Res Trials 5: 153. doi: https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-8007/2020/153
© 2020 Rosen et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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