Images in cardiovascular medicine. Diagnosis of myocarditis by cardiac tissue velocity imaging in an olympic athlete

Circulation. 2003 Jul 29;108(4):e21-2. doi: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000075302.23631.D1.

Authors

Axel Urhausen¹, Michael Kindermann, Michael Bohm, Wilfried Kindermann

Affiliation

¹ FACSM, Institute of Sports and Preventive Medicine, University of Saarland, 66041 Saarbruecken, Germany. a.urhausen@rz.uni-sb.de

PMID: 12885735
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000075302.23631.D1

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Adult
Biopsy
Chronic Disease
Echocardiography, Doppler
Electrocardiography
Electrocardiography, Ambulatory
Exercise Test
Humans
Myocarditis / complications
Myocarditis / diagnosis*
Myocarditis / pathology
Sports*
Tachycardia, Ventricular / diagnosis*
Tachycardia, Ventricular / etiology
Ventricular Premature Complexes / diagnosis*
Ventricular Premature Complexes / etiology