India, Oct. 1 -- Have you ever heard about Athlete's Heart? According to the Cleveland Clinic, it refers to the changes that occur in your heart when you do strenuous exercise for more than one hour on most days of the week. It can lead to thickened heart muscles and an enlarged left ventricle. However, according to Dr Dmitry Yaranov, a cardiologist, it can sometimes be hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), which is far more dangerous.

In an Instagram post shared on September 8, Dr Yaranov explained what exactly hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is. According to him, if you think that 'I work out hard, so my heart is supposed to be thick', that is a skewed logic, because a thick heart should never be dismissed without understanding why it is thic...