RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Abnormal electrocardiographic findings in athletes: recognising changes suggestive of primary electrical disease
JF British Journal of Sports Medicine
JO Br J Sports Med
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine
SP 153
OP 167
DO 10.1136/bjsports-2012-092070
VO 47
IS 3
A1 Drezner, Jonathan A
A1 Ackerman, Michael J
A1 Cannon, Bryan C
A1 Corrado, Domenico
A1 Heidbuchel, Hein
A1 Prutkin, Jordan M
A1 Salerno, Jack C
A1 Anderson, Jeffrey
A1 Ashley, Euan
A1 Asplund, Chad A
A1 Baggish, Aaron L
A1 Börjesson, Mats
A1 DiFiori, John P
A1 Fischbach, Peter
A1 Froelicher, Victor
A1 Harmon, Kimberly G
A1 Marek, Joseph
A1 Owens, David S
A1 Paul, Stephen
A1 Pelliccia, Antonio
A1 Schmied, Christian M
A1 Sharma, Sanjay
A1 Stein, Ricardo
A1 Vetter, Victoria L
A1 Wilson, Mathew G
YR 2013
UL http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/47/3/153.abstract
AB Cardiac channelopathies are potentially lethal inherited arrhythmia syndromes and an important cause of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in young athletes. Other cardiac rhythm and conduction disturbances also may indicate the presence of an underlying cardiac disorder. The 12-lead ECG is utilised as both a screening and a diagnostic tool for detecting conditions associated with SCD. Fundamental to the appropriate evaluation of athletes undergoing ECG is an understanding of the ECG findings that may indicate the presence of a pathological cardiac disease. This article describes ECG findings present in primary electrical diseases afflicting young athletes and outlines appropriate steps for further evaluation of these ECG abnormalities. The ECG findings defined as abnormal in athletes were established by an international consensus panel of experts in sports cardiology and sports medicine.