Alessandro Zorzi, Martina Perazzolo Marra, Ilaria Rigato, Manuel De Lazzari, Angela Susana, Alice Niero, Kalliopi Pilichou, Federico Migliore, Stefania Rizzo, Benedetta Giorgi, Giorgio De Conti, Patrizio Sarto, Luis Serratosa, Giampiero Patrizi, Elia De Maria, Antonio Pelliccia, Cristina Basso, Maurizio Schiavon, Barbara Bauce, Sabino Iliceto, Gaetano Thiene, Domenico Corrado
BACKGROUND: The clinical profile and arrhythmic outcome of competitive athletes with isolated nonischemic left ventricular (LV) scar as evidenced by contrast-enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance remain to be elucidated. METHODS AND RESULTS: We compared 35 athletes (80% men, age: 14-48 years) with ventricular arrhythmias and isolated LV subepicardial/midmyocardial late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) on contrast-enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance (group A) with 38 athletes with ventricular arrhythmias and no LGE (group B) and 40 healthy control athletes (group C)...
July 2016: Circulation. Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology