Fatal left-dominant arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy involving a 25-year old professional football player: could it have been prevented?
Department of Anatomical, Histological, Forensic and Orthopaedic Sciences, University of Rome Sapienza, 336 Viale Regina Elena, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Francesco Paolo
FP
Busardò
IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Italy.
Riccardo
R
Cappato
Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Chieti, Italy.
Cristian
C
D'Ovidio
Department of Anatomical, Histological, Forensic and Orthopaedic Sciences, University of Rome Sapienza, 336 Viale Regina Elena, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Paola
P
Frati
Department of Forensic Pathology, University of Foggia, Italy.
Irene
I
Riezzo
Department of Anatomical, Histological, Forensic and Orthopaedic Sciences, University of Rome Sapienza, 336 Viale Regina Elena, 00185 Rome, Italy. Electronic address: vfinesc@tin.it.
Vittorio
V
Fineschi
D000328:Adult; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000150:complications*; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000150:complications*; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005538:Football; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
Football player; Left-dominant arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy; Plakoglobin; Sudden cardiac death