Prominent left ventricular trabeculations in competitive athletes: A proposal for risk stratification and management

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 223, Issue , 2016, Pages 590-595

  Caselli, Stefano ^a   Ferreira, Diana ^a   Kanawati, Eyad ^a   Di Paolo, Fernando ^a   Pisicchio, Cataldo ^a   Attenhofer Jost, Christine ^b   Spataro, Antonio ^a   Jenni, Rolf ^c   Pelliccia, Antonio ^a  

^a Institute of Sport Medicine and Science   (Italy)

^b KLINIK IM PARK   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Athletes; Cardiomyopathy; Left ventricular non compaction; Trabeculations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VENTRICULAR NONCOMPACTION; ADOLESCENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETES; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOLATED NONCOMPACTION OF THE VENTRICULAR MYOCARDIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84983036810     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.08.272     Document Type: Article

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