Exercise-induced left-ventricular hypertrabeculation in athlete's heart

Int J Cardiol. 2015 Feb 15:181:320-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.11.203. Epub 2014 Dec 16.

Authors

Flavio D'Ascenzi¹, Antonio Pelliccia², Benedetta Maria Natali³, Marco Bonifazi⁴, Sergio Mondillo³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Siena, Siena, Italy. Electronic address: flavio.dascenzi@libero.it.
² Institute of Sports Medicine and Science, Rome, Italy.
³ Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Surgery, and NeuroScience, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.

PMID: 25544199
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.11.203

No abstract available

Keywords: 3-dimensional; Cardiomyopathy; Echocardiography; Exercise training; Noncompaction cardiomyopathy; Speckle tracking echocardiography.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

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