title: Ablation of frequent premature ventricular complex in an athlete.
abstract: Premature ventricular complex are common findings in the exam of many athletes. There is no extensive scientific evidence in the management of this situation particularly when associated with borderline contractile function of the left ventricle. In this case report, we present a 35-year-old asymptomatic healthy athlete with high incidence (over 10,000 beats in 24 h) of premature ventricular complex and left ventricular dilatation with dysfunction, which persisted after a resting period of 6 months without training. We performed radiofrequency ablation of the premature ventricular complex focus. After 1-year follow-up, he was asymptomatic without arrhythmia and the left ventricle normalized its size and function as shown by echocardiogram and cardiac magnetic resonance.
authors.affiliation: Group of Sports Cardiology, Arrhythmia Section and Cardiac Imaging Section, Hospital Clinic, Thorax Institute, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Grazioli
authors.affiliation: Group of Sports Cardiology, Arrhythmia Section and Cardiac Imaging Section, Hospital Clinic, Thorax Institute, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fernández-Armenta
authors.affiliation: Group of Sports Cardiology, Arrhythmia Section and Cardiac Imaging Section, Hospital Clinic, Thorax Institute, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Prat
authors.affiliation: Group of Sports Cardiology, Arrhythmia Section and Cardiac Imaging Section, Hospital Clinic, Thorax Institute, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Berruezo
authors.affiliation: Group of Sports Cardiology, Arrhythmia Section and Cardiac Imaging Section, Hospital Clinic, Thorax Institute, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brugada
authors.affiliation: Group of Sports Cardiology, Arrhythmia Section and Cardiac Imaging Section, Hospital Clinic, Thorax Institute, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sitges
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001642:Bicycling; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000150:complications; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000150:complications*; D018879:Ventricular Premature Complexes / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*
keywords: Premature ventricular complexes; athlete's heart; radiofrequency catheter ablation