Is isolated nonischemic left ventricular late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) with a stria pattern associated with life-threatening arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death in competitive athletes?
Nonischemic left ventricular scar in athletes is a potential substrate for sudden cardiac death that is frequently missed by standard echocardiography.
Isolated nonischemic LV LGE with a stria pattern may be associated with life-threatening arrhythmias and sudden death in the athlete. Because of its subepicardial/midmyocardial location, LV scar is often not detected by echocardiography.
Zorzi et al. (Fri,) studied this question.
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