Myocarditis and Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Athletes: Diagnosis, Management, and Recommendations for Sport Activity

Cardiology Clinics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 423-429

  Basso, Cristina ^a   Carturan, Elisa ^a   Corrado, Domenico ^a   Thiene, Gaetano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CYTOTOXICITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GENE MUTATION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE NECROSIS; MYOCARDITIS; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPORT; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SUDDEN DEATH; T WAVE INVERSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MORBIDITY; MYOCARDITIS; PROGNOSIS; SPORTS; SPORTS MEDICINE;

EID: 35348939674     PISSN: 07338651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccl.2007.08.008     Document Type: Review

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