Outcomes in Athletes with Marked ECG Repolarization Abnormalities

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Authors

Antonio Pelliccia · Institute of Sports Medicine and Science

Fernando M. Di Paolo · Institute of Sports Medicine and Science

Filippo M. Quattrini · Institute of Sports Medicine and Science

Cristina Basso · University of Padua

Franco Culasso · Sapienza University of Rome

G Popoli · University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

Rosanna De Luca

Abstract

Markedly abnormal ECGs in young and apparently healthy athletes may represent the initial expression of underlying cardiomyopathies that may not be evident until many years later and that may ultimately be associated with adverse outcomes. Athletes with such ECG patterns merit continued clinical surveillance.

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Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias

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Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 358, Issue 2, pp. 152-161

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa060781

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