Concealed cardiomyopathies in competitive athletes with ventricular arrhythmias and an apparently normal heart: Role of cardiac electroanatomical mapping and biopsy

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1915-1922

  Dello Russo, Antonio ^a   Pieroni, Maurizio ^b   Santangeli, Pasquale ^c   Bartoletti, Stefano ^a,e   Casella, Michela ^a   Pelargonio, Gemma ^b   Smaldone, Costantino ^b   Bianco, Massimiliano ^b   Di Biase, Luigi ^c,d   Bellocci, Fulvio ^b   Zeppilli, Paolo ^b   Fiorentini, Cesare ^a,e   Natale, Andrea ^c   Tondo, Claudio ^a  

^a CENTRO CARDIOLOGICO MONZINO   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c TEXAS CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy; Athletes; Myocarditis; Normal heart; Ventricular arrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICLE CARDIOMYOPATHY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRACTION BAND NECROSIS; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTROANATOMICAL MAPPING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART BEAT; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCOPE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; ENDOCARDIUM; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPORTS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82455187982     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2011.07.021     Document Type: Article

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