Srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo 2016 Volume 144, Issue 1-2, Pages: 104-110
https://doi.org/10.2298/SARH1602104G
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Electrocardiography in pre-participation screening and current guidelines for participation in competitive sports
Georgijević Ljubica (Child and Youth Health Care Institute of Vojvodina, Department of Cardiology, Novi Sad + Medical Faculty, Department of Pediatrics, Novi Sad)
Andrić Lana (Health Center Bečej, Department of Women and Children’s Health Care, Bečej, Serbia)
Electrocardiography (ECG) is especially significant in pre-participation
screening due to its ability to discover or to rise a suspicion for certain
cardiovascular diseases and conditions that represent a serious health risk
in athletes. Common, conditionally benign and training related ECG changes
are sinus bradycardia and sinus arrhythmia, first degree atrioventricular
block, incomplete right bundle branch block, benign early repolarization, and
isolated QRS voltage criteria for left ventricular enlargement. Uncommon ECG
changes, unrelated to training, and some specific syndromes are ST segment
depression and/or ≥ 2mm T wave inversion in two or more adjacent leads,
intraventricular conduction disorder, Wolf-Parkinson-White syndrome, long QT
interval syndrome, short QT interval syndrome, catecholaminergic polymorphic
ventricular tachycardia, monomorphic ventricular extrasystole and benign
ventricular tachycardia.
Keywords: examination, athletes, recommendations