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Congenital Heart Disease: Exercise and Sports Participation

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Athletes born with congenital heart disease may have previously undetected cardiac lesions that first come to medical attention during sports participation evaluation.

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    Marla Mendelson

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Mendelson, M. (2011). Congenital Heart Disease: Exercise and Sports Participation. In: Lawless, C. (eds) Sports Cardiology Essentials. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-92775-6_17

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