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Could a heart disease be misdiagnosed as athletic heart syndrome?

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It is possible: Unfortunately no medical test is perfect. There can be considerable overlap between how an athletic heart looks and how an abnormal heart looks on several heart tests, including electrocardiogram and echocardiogram. This is why it is important to take the whole patient in context with the tests, but I have to say even then distinguishing the two can be challenging.

Dr Werner agreed

Answered 1/16/2014

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