title: [Ventricular tachycardia secondary to myocardial contusion in an athlete: a clinical case report].
abstract: A 22-year-old athlete complained of palpitations shortly after a chest trauma during a basket competition. His electrocardiogram showed a ventricular tachycardia of 250 beats per minute, reverted to sinus rhythm with a chest thump. Standard electrocardiogram was normal. The following days he had an enzymatic pattern consistent with acute myocardial infarction, and the echocardiogram evidentiated an apical hypokinesia with a mural thrombosis. The patient recovered completely; and 15 days after the acute event, a coronary arteriography and ventriculography did not revealed any abnormality.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Cardiologia, Ospedale Civile di Thiene, VI.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bassan
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Martini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dalle Molle
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rossi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003288:Contusions / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*
vernacular_title: Tachicardia ventricolare secondaria a contusione miocardica in atleta: descrizione di un caso clinico.