title: Atrial septal defect and pulmonary hypertension in professional soccer player.
abstract: This study reports a rare case of late diagnosis of atrial septal defect (ASD) with pulmonary hypertension (PH) through two-dimensional echocardiography (ECHO) in a professional soccer player who resumed high-performance sports activity after surgery.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Estado de São Paulo. fernandobcardoso@uol.com.br
authors.forename: Fernando Bianchini
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: Cardoso
authors.forename: Marcos Bianchini
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Cardoso
authors.forename: Roberto Itiro
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: Georgiane Crespi
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Ponta
authors.forename: Gustavo Calado de Aguiar
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.forename: Cledcyson Eloy
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Costa
mesh_terms: D057210:Delayed Diagnosis; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler / Q000379:methods; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D012916:Soccer; D013599:Systole; D055815:Young Adult