Electrocardiographic Findings in National Basketball Association Athletes.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

While it is known that long-term intensive athletic training is associated with cardiac structural changes that can be reflected on surface electrocardiograms (ECGs), there is a paucity of sport-specific ECG data. This study seeks to clarify the applicability of existing athlete ECG interpretation criteria to elite basketball players, an athlete group shown to develop significant athletic cardiac remodeling.

Objective

To generate normative ECG data for National Basketball Association (NBA) athletes and to assess the accuracy of athlete ECG interpretation criteria in this population.

Design, setting, and participants

The NBA has partnered with Columbia University Medical Center to annually perform a review of policy-mandated annual preseason ECGs and stress

SUBMITTER: Waase MP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5833528 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature