Korean Circ J.  2021 May;51(5):439-440. 10.4070/kcj.2021.0021.

Sex Differences in Cardiac Remodeling in Athletes: Men on the Left, Women on the Right?

• Shim CY

• KMID: 2515767
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4070/kcj.2021.0021

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