The athlete’s electrocardiogram
Electrocardiogram (ECG) is being increasingly used as part of cardiovascular preparticipation screening of young competitive athletes (under 35 years of age) since it significantly increases the sensitivity of such screening compared to history and clinical examination alone. It has become part of a...
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Slovenian Medical Association
2010-09-01
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| description | Electrocardiogram (ECG) is being increasingly
used as part of cardiovascular preparticipation
screening of young competitive athletes (under
35 years of age) since it significantly increases the
sensitivity of such screening compared to history
and clinical examination alone. It has become
part of a common European protocol for cardiovascular
preparticipation screening of young
competitive athletes.
For a proper interpretation of ECG changes, it
is crucial to be familiar with ECG abnormalities
in cardiovascular diseases causing sudden
cardiac death, and with normal variants of athlete’s
ECG, originating from their adaptations to
intense athletic training. Structural adaptations
(increased heart chamber size and mass) often
result in isolated voltage criterion for left ventricular
hypertrophy and incomplete right bundle
branch block, while functional adaptations
(mainly heightened parasympathetic tone) result
in rhythm disorders (sinus bradycardia, pauses
and arrhythmia, wandering atrial pacemaker),
conduction abnormalities (atrioventricular
block grade I and grade II Mobitz 1) and repolarization
abnormalities (early repolarization, T
wave changes).
The article gives a detailed description of ECG
changes in the athlete’s heart and in cardiovascular
diseases responsible for most sudden cardiac
deaths in young athletes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ad7cc8150f8347e6805154abcc5bc1cc2022-12-22T01:14:43ZengSlovenian Medical AssociationZdravniški Vestnik1318-03471581-02242010-09-01799181The athlete’s electrocardiogramKatja Ažman JuvanPetra ZupetElectrocardiogram (ECG) is being increasingly used as part of cardiovascular preparticipation screening of young competitive athletes (under 35 years of age) since it significantly increases the sensitivity of such screening compared to history and clinical examination alone. It has become part of a common European protocol for cardiovascular preparticipation screening of young competitive athletes. For a proper interpretation of ECG changes, it is crucial to be familiar with ECG abnormalities in cardiovascular diseases causing sudden cardiac death, and with normal variants of athlete’s ECG, originating from their adaptations to intense athletic training. Structural adaptations (increased heart chamber size and mass) often result in isolated voltage criterion for left ventricular hypertrophy and incomplete right bundle branch block, while functional adaptations (mainly heightened parasympathetic tone) result in rhythm disorders (sinus bradycardia, pauses and arrhythmia, wandering atrial pacemaker), conduction abnormalities (atrioventricular block grade I and grade II Mobitz 1) and repolarization abnormalities (early repolarization, T wave changes). The article gives a detailed description of ECG changes in the athlete’s heart and in cardiovascular diseases responsible for most sudden cardiac deaths in young athletes.http://vestnik.szd.si/index.php/ZdravVest/article/view/289 |
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