Left ventricular non-compaction and hypertrabeculation in the athlete: Distinguishing between pathology and physiology

Int J Cardiol. 2015 Jul 1:190:122-3. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.04.140. Epub 2015 Apr 17.

Authors

Flavio D'Ascenzi¹, Antonio Pelliccia², Marco Bonifazi³, Sergio Mondillo⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical Biotechnologies, Division of Cardiology, University of Siena, Siena, Italy. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Institute of Sports Medicine and Science, Rome, Italy.
³ Department of Medicine, Surgery, and NeuroScience, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
⁴ Department of Medical Biotechnologies, Division of Cardiology, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.

PMID: 25918061
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.04.140

No abstract available

Keywords: Cardiomyopathy; Echocardiography; Exercise; Noncompaction cardiomyopathy; Training.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Athletes*
Basketball*
Exercise*
Humans
Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / diagnosis*
Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / physiopathology*
Male