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Left ventricular early myocardial dysfunction after chronic misuse of anabolic androgenic steroids: a Doppler myocardial and strain imaging analysis
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- Published on: 11 October 2022
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Dear Editor
We read with interest the article of D'Andrea et al. on the usefulness of Doppler myocardial imaging (DMI) and strain rate imaging (SRI) for the early identification and monitoring of athletes with drug-induced cardiac involvement, especially in those experimenting long-term misuse of anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) [1]. The chronic misuse of AAS in athletes, especially bodybuilders and power lifter...
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