Hypertrabeculation vs left ventricular noncompaction on echocardiogram: A reason to restrict athletic participation?

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1379-1382

  Peritz, David C ^a   Vaughn, Aaron ^a,b   Ciocca, Mario ^b   Chung, Eugene H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CASE REPORT; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOOTBALL; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MURMURS; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; ISOLATED NONCOMPACTION OF THE VENTRICULAR MYOCARDIUM; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOOTBALL; HEART MURMURS; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; ISOLATED NONCOMPACTION OF THE VENTRICULAR MYOCARDIUM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84905841404     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.1066     Document Type: Article

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