Loira Toncelli

Left Ventricle Twisting in Athletes: A Comparison between Subjects with Bicuspid Aortic Valve and Tricuspid Ones

Laura Stefani, Gianni Pedrizzetti, Alessio De Luca, Loira Toncelli, Maria Concetta Robertina Vono, Roberto Mercuri, Gabriele Innocenti, Stefano Pedri, N. Maffulli & Giorgio Galanti · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2012

Aim: In athletes with Bicuspid Aortic Valve (BAV) a slight but progressive left ventricle (LV) enlargement with a reduction of longitudinal strain values at basal segments of the same chamber, have been previously demonstrated. The aim of the study is to verify by deformation par...