title: Unique Association of Rare Cardiovascular Disease in an Athlete With Ventricular Arrhythmias.
abstract: Ventricular arrhythmias are a leading cause of non-elegibility to competitive sport. The failure to detect a significant organic substrate in the initial stage of screening does not preclude the identification of structural pathologies in the follow-up by using advanced imaging techniques. Here we report the case of a senior athlete judged not elegible because an arrhythmia with the morphology consistent with the origin of the left ventricle, in which subsequent execution of a cardiac MR and a thoracic CT scan has allowed the identification of an unique association between an area of myocardial damage, probable site of origine of the arrhythma, and a rare aortic malformation.
authors.affiliation: Sports Cardiology Center, "Check-Up Day-Surgery" Centro Polispecialistico, Salerno, Italy.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Santomauro
authors.affiliation: Sports Cardiology Center, "Check-Up Day-Surgery" Centro Polispecialistico, Salerno, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Contursi
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Ospedale Medico-Chirurgico "Villa dei Fiori", Acerra, Napoli, Italy and Z. and M.A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute and H.R. Kravis Center for Cardiovascular Health, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dellegrottaglie
authors.affiliation: Radiology Section, "Check-Up Day-Surgery" Centro Polispecialistico, Salerno, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Borsellino
keywords: Kommerell’s diverticulum; cardiac magnetic resonance; left-dominant arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy; sports elegibility; ventricular arrhythmias