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Correlation between ECG changes and early left ventricular remodeling in preadolescent footballers
- Source :
- Physiology international. 104(1)
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- The aim of this study was to assess the early electrocardiogram (ECG) changes induced by physical training in preadolescent elite footballers. This study included 94 preadolescent highly trained male footballers (FG) competing in Serbian Football League (minimum of 7 training hours/week) and 47 age-matched healthy male controls (less than 2 training hours/week) (CG). They were screened by ECG and echocardiography at a tertiary referral cardio center. Sokolow–Lyon index was used as a voltage electrocardiographic criterion for left ventricular hypertrophy diagnosis. Characteristic ECG intervals and voltage were compared and reference range was given for preadolescent footballers. Highly significant differences between FG and CG were registered in all ECG parameters: P-wave voltage (p p p 1–2 + R V5–6 (p p p p p p p > 0.05). During 6-year follow-up period, there was no adverse cardiac event in these footballers. None of them expressed pathological ECG changes. Benign ECG changes are presented in the early stage of athlete’s heart remodeling, but they are not related to pathological ECG changes and they should be regarded as ECG pattern of LV remodeling.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Action Potentials
Reference range
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
Left ventricular hypertrophy
Ventricular Function, Left
Tertiary Care Centers
03 medical and health sciences
Electrocardiography
0302 clinical medicine
Heart Rate
Predictive Value of Tests
Physiology (medical)
Internal medicine
Heart rate
Soccer
medicine
Humans
cardiovascular diseases
Cardiomegaly, Exercise-Induced
Ventricular remodeling
Child
Pathological
medicine.diagnostic_test
Ventricular Remodeling
business.industry
Case-control study
Age Factors
030229 sport sciences
medicine.disease
Echocardiography
Predictive value of tests
Case-Control Studies
Cardiology
business
Serbia
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 2498602X
- Volume :
- 104
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Physiology international
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....008f8884bbe955e17e66294e53050202