Talk:Athletic heart syndrome

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I've not come across any evidence that left-ventrical hypertrophy causes high blood pressure in athletes. Is there a citation to the contrary? The consensus seems to be that Athlete's Heart is a benign adaption to exercise, with the main obvious sympton being a reduced resting pulse (< 60bpm), and not a medical condition that needs treatment. There appears to be no correlation with elevated blood-pressure at rest.

[edit] differences between athlete's heart and pathology?

Both athletes and patiënts had the same cause: ventricular hypertrophia. Yet the athletes don't suffer from this. What are the exact adaptation mechanisms? I can remember two adaptation mechanisms: stronger hear(muscle) and more coronair capillaries. It would be great if someone would write more about this adaptation process.