An Echocardiographic Study Comparing Male Swedish Elite Orienteers With Other Elite Endurance Athletes

Autor: Johan Landelius, Tommy Jonason, Eskil Hammarström, Christer Lidell, Henrik Arnell, Christer Rolf, Egil Henriksen, Göran Friman, Lars Wesslén, Ivar Ringqvist, Christina Nyström-Rosander, Toomas Kangro, Urban Niklasson
Rok vydání: 1997
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Zdroj: The American Journal of Cardiology. 79:521-524
ISSN: 0002-9149
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(96)00802-8
Popis: Between 1979 and 1992, there were 16 known cases of sudden unexpected cardiac death among young Swedish orienteers, whose autopsies showed myocarditis to be a common finding. Therefore, 96 elite orienteers and 47 controls underwent echocardiography, showing left ventricular wall motion abnormalities in 9% of the orienteers compared with 4% in the controls.
Databáze: OpenAIRE