Athlete’s ECG Made Easy: A Practical Guide to Surviving Everyday Clinical Practice
| Autor: | Valerio Fanale, Andrea Segreti, Chiara Fossati, Giuseppe Di Gioia, Federica Coletti, Simone Pasquale Crispino, Francesco Picarelli, Raffaele Antonelli Incalzi, Rocco Papalia, Fabio Pigozzi, Francesco Grigioni |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2024 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease, Vol 11, Iss 10, p 303 (2024) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 11100303 2308-3425 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/jcdd11100303 |
| Popis: | Electrocardiogram modifications in athletes are common and usually reflect structural and electrical heart adaptations to regular physical training, known as the athlete’s heart. However, these electrical modifications sometimes overlap with electrocardiogram findings that are characteristic of various heart diseases. A missed or incorrect diagnosis can significantly impact a young athlete’s life and potentially have fatal consequences during exercise, such as sudden cardiac death, which is the leading cause of death in athletes. Therefore, it is crucial to correctly distinguish between expected exercise-related electrocardiogram changes in an athlete and several electrocardiogram abnormalities that may indicate underlying heart disease. This review aims to serve as a practical guide for cardiologists and sports clinicians, helping to define normal and physiology-induced electrocardiogram findings from those borderlines or pathological, and indicating when further investigations are necessary. Therefore, the possible athlete’s electrocardiogram findings, including rhythm or myocardial adaptation, will be analyzed here, focusing mainly on the differentiation from pathological findings. |
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