title: An echocardiographic study comparing male Swedish elite orienteers with other elite endurance athletes.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Physiology, Central Hospital, Västeras, Sweden.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Henriksen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Landelius
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wesslén
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kangro
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jonason
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nyström-Rosander
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Niklasson
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Arnell
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rolf
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hammarström
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lidell
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ringqvist
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Friman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004452:Echocardiography; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010807:Physical Endurance; D013177:Sports; D013548:Sweden