@article{ref1,
title="Pulmonary embolism in an adolescent soccer player: a case report",
journal="Medicine and science in sports and exercise",
year="2007",
author="Moffatt, Kody and Silberberg, Phillip J. and Gnarra, David J.",
volume="39",
number="6",
pages="899-902",
abstract="Pulmonary emboli are potentially life threatening and are rare in the young, healthy, athletic population. We describe the presentation of pulmonary emboli in an otherwise healthy athlete; this has not been reported previously in the literature. A 16-yr-old male soccer player with no apparent risk factors presented in distress with bilateral pulmonary emboli. An extensive workup did not reveal a cause for this phenomenon. The patient was anticoagulated, and a Greenfield inferior vena cava filter was placed because of recurrent symptoms and poor compliance with anticoagulation. This case report illustrates the importance of considering pulmonary embolism as a diagnosis in athletes who present with sudden onset of dyspnea with no discernable cause. Greenfield filter placement in the management of these cases remains controversial.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0195-9131",
doi="10.1249/01.mss.0b013e31803d35e7",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1249/01.mss.0b013e31803d35e7"
}