Left ventricle fibrosis associated with nonsustained ventricular tachycardia in an elite athlete: is exercise responsible? A case report.
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Journal
Journal of athletic training
Auteurs
Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr MARIE Pierre-Yves, Pr CHENUEL Bruno, Pr POUSSEL Mathias
Tous les auteurs :
Poussel M, Djaballah K, Laroppe J, Brembilla-Perrot B, Marie PY, Chenuel B
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Résumé
To emphasize the potentially harmful effects of high-intensity exercise on cardiac health and the fine line between physiologic and pathologic adaptation to chronic exercise in the elite athlete. This case also highlights the crucial need for regular evaluation of symptoms that suggest cardiac abnormality in athletes.
Mots clés
Adult, Athletes, Bicycling, Death, Sudden, Cardiac, etiology, Exercise, Fibrosis, etiology, Heart Ventricles, pathology, Humans, Male, Tachycardia, Ventricular, etiology
Référence
J Athl Train. ;47(2):224-7