International recommendations for electrocardiographic interpretation in athletes

S Sharma, JA Drezner, A Baggish, M Papadakis… - Journal of the American …, 2017 - jacc.org
Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is the leading cause of mortality in athletes during sport. A
variety of mostly hereditary, structural, or electrical cardiac disorders are associated with …

Exercise and the heart: the good, the bad, and the ugly

S Sharma, A Merghani, L Mont - European heart journal, 2015 - academic.oup.com
The benefits of exercise are irrefutable. Individuals engaging in regular exercise have a
favourable cardiovascular risk profile for coronary artery disease and reduce their risk of …

International criteria for electrocardiographic interpretation in athletes: consensus statement

JA Drezner, S Sharma, A Baggish… - British journal of sports …, 2017 - bjsm.bmj.com
Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is the leading cause of mortality in athletes during sport. A
variety of mostly hereditary, structural or electrical cardiac disorders are associated with …

Recommendations for interpretation of 12-lead electrocardiogram in the athlete

D Corrado, A Pelliccia, H Heidbuchel… - European heart …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Cardiovascular remodelling in the conditioned athlete is frequently associated with
physiological ECG changes. Abnormalities, however, may be detected which represent …

The U-shaped relationship between exercise and cardiac morbidity

A Merghani, A Malhotra, S Sharma - Trends in cardiovascular medicine, 2016 - Elsevier
Exercise confers a plethora of health benefits that are well documented, whereas physical
inactivity is a leading risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The dose of …

The prevalence, distribution, and clinical outcomes of electrocardiographic repolarization patterns in male athletes of African/Afro-Caribbean origin

M Papadakis, F Carre, G Kervio, J Rawlins… - European heart …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Aims Athletic training in male black athletes (BAs) is associated with marked ECG
repolarization changes that overlap with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Differentiating …

Normal electrocardiographic findings: recognising physiological adaptations in athletes

JA Drezner, P Fischbach, V Froelicher… - British journal of sports …, 2013 - bjsm.bmj.com
Electrocardiographic changes in athletes are common and usually reflect benign structural
and electrical remodelling of the heart as a physiological adaptation to regular and …

The Athlete's Heart—Challenges and Controversies: JACC Focus Seminar 4/4

A La Gerche, MM Wasfy, MJ Brosnan… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - jacc.org
Regular exercise promotes structural, functional, and electrical remodeling of the heart, often
referred to as the “athlete's heart,” with intense endurance sports being associated with the …

Electrical and structural adaptations of the paediatric athlete's heart: a systematic review with meta-analysis

G McClean, NR Riding, CL Ardern, A Farooq… - British journal of sports …, 2018 - bjsm.bmj.com
Aim To describe the electrocardiographic (ECG) and echocardiographic manifestations of
the paediatric athlete's heart, and examine the impact of age, race and sex on cardiac …

Comparison of three current sets of electrocardiographic interpretation criteria for use in screening athletes

NR Riding, N Sheikh, C Adamuz, V Watt, A Farooq… - Heart, 2015 - heart.bmj.com
Background An increasing number of sporting bodies report unacceptably high levels of
false-positive ECGs when undertaking pre-participation cardiac screening. To address this …