Prevalence and Clinical Outcome of Athletes With Mitral Valve Prolapse

Circulation. 2018 May 8;137(19):2080-2082. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.033395.

Authors

Stefano Caselli¹, Federica Mango², John Clark², Natesa G Pandian³, Domenico Corrado⁴, Camillo Autore⁵, Antonio Pelliccia²

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Sports Medicine and Science, Rome, Italy (S.C., F.M., J.C., A.P.). stefanocasellimd@gmail.com.
² Institute of Sports Medicine and Science, Rome, Italy (S.C., F.M., J.C., A.P.).
³ Hoag Hospital, Newport Beach, CA (N.G.P.).
⁴ Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua, Italy (D.C.).
⁵ Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy (C.A.).

PMID: 29735594
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.033395

No abstract available

Keywords: arrhythmias, cardiac; athletes; death, sudden, cardiac; mitral valve prolapse; patient outcome assessment.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Athletes*
Echocardiography
Electrocardiography
Female
Humans
Italy / epidemiology
Male
Mitral Valve / diagnostic imaging
Mitral Valve / physiopathology*
Mitral Valve Prolapse / diagnosis
Mitral Valve Prolapse / epidemiology*
Mitral Valve Prolapse / physiopathology
Prevalence
Prognosis
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Severity of Illness Index
Time Factors
Young Adult