Does Sport Participation Worsen the Clinical Course of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy? Clinical Outcome of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in Athletes

Circulation. 2018 Jan 30;137(5):531-533. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.031725.

Authors

Antonio Pelliccia¹, Erika Lemme², Viviana Maestrini², Fernando M Di Paolo², Cataldo Pisicchio², Giuseppe Di Gioia², Stefano Caselli²

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Sport Medicine and Science, Rome, Italy. ant.pelliccia@libero.it.
² Institute of Sport Medicine and Science, Rome, Italy.

PMID: 29378761
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.031725

No abstract available

Keywords: hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; sport participation.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Athletes*
Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / complications*
Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / diagnosis
Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / physiopathology
Disease Progression
Female
Heart Arrest / diagnosis
Heart Arrest / etiology*
Heart Arrest / physiopathology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Physical Exertion*
Preliminary Data
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Time Factors
Young Adult