Henriksen, E.
, Landelius, J.
, Wesslen, L.
, Kangro, T.
, Jonason, T.
, Nystrom-Rosander, C.
, Niklasson, U.
, Arnell, H.
, Rolf, C.
, Hammarstrom, E.
, Lidell, C.
, Ringqvist, I.
, Friman, G.
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An echocardiographic study comparing male Swedish elite orienteers with other elite endurance athletes
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.
© Copyright 1997 The American Journal of Cardiology. Elsevier. All rights reserved.
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| Notations: | endurance sports biological and medical sciences |
| Published in: | The American Journal of Cardiology |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
1997
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| Online Access: | https://www.ajconline.org/article/S0002-9149(96)00802-8/fulltext |
| Volume: | 79 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Pages: | 521-524 |
| Document types: | article |
| Level: | intermediate |