Evaluation of cardiac arrhythmia among athletes

James Walker; Hugh Calkins; Saman Nazarian

doi:10.1016/j.amjmed.2010.05.008

Evaluation of cardiac arrhythmia among athletes

James Walker, Hugh Calkins, Saman Nazarian

School of Medicine

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Abstract

Due to the growing awareness of exercise-related arrhythmias and improved sensitivity of diagnostic modalities, physicians are increasingly faced with choices that may have life-changing impact for the athlete. This article surveys recent research and expert opinion addressing benign and pathogenic cardiac changes underlying arrhythmias in athletes.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1075-1081
Number of pages	7
Journal	American Journal of Medicine
Volume	123
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2010.05.008
State	Published - Dec 2010

Keywords

Arrhythmia
Athletics
Exercise
Review
Syncope

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General Medicine

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