We publish this letter in reply by Drs Peritz and Chung to a previously published letter1 regarding their article,2 to which Peritz and coauthors were not given an opportunity to review prior to publication. We apologize for this oversight and present their reply herein.
Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.
1.Gati
S, Merghani
A, Sharma
S. Increased left ventricular trabeculation does not necessarily equate to left ventricular noncompaction in athletes.
JAMA Intern Med. 2015;175(3):461-462.
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DC, Vaughn
A, Ciocca
M, Chung
EH. Hypertrabeculation vs left ventricular noncompaction on echocardiogram: a reason to restrict athletic participation?
JAMA Intern Med. 2014;174(8):1379-1382.
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