Abnormal electrocardiographic findings in athletes: recognising changes suggestive of primary electrical disease

Jonathan A Drezner; Michael J Ackerman; Bryan C Cannon; Domenico Corrado; Hein Heidbuchel; Jordan M Prutkin; Jack C Salerno; Jeffrey Anderson; Euan Ashley; Chad A Asplund; Aaron L Baggish; Mats Börjesson; John P DiFiori; Peter Fischbach; Victor Froelicher; Kimberly G Harmon; Joseph Marek; David S Owens; Stephen Paul; Antonio Pelliccia; Christian M Schmied; Sanjay Sharma; Ricardo Stein; Victoria L Vetter; Mathew G Wilson

doi:10.1136/bjsports-2012-092070

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Abnormal electrocardiographic findings in athletes: recognising changes suggestive of primary electrical disease

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Jonathan A Drezner Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Michael J Ackerman Departments of Medicine, Pediatrics, and Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics; Divisions of Cardiovascular Diseases and Pediatric Cardiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Bryan C Cannon Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Domenico Corrado Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua, Padova, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Hein Heidbuchel Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jordan M Prutkin Division of Cardiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jack C Salerno Division of Cardiology, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jeffrey Anderson Department of Athletics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Euan Ashley Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Chad A Asplund Department of Family Medicine, Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon, Georgia, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Aaron L Baggish Division of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Mats Börjesson Swedish School of Sports and Health Sciences and Department of Cardiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden PubMed articles Google scholar articles
John P DiFiori Division of Sports Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Peter Fischbach Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Victor Froelicher Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Kimberly G Harmon Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Joseph Marek Midwest Heart Foundation, Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
David S Owens Division of Cardiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Stephen Paul Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Antonio Pelliccia Department of Medicine, Institute of Sport Medicine and Science, Rome, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Christian M Schmied Division of Cardiology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Sanjay Sharma Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, St George's University of London, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ricardo Stein Department of Cardiology, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Victoria L Vetter Division of Cardiology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Mathew G Wilson Department of Sports Medicine, ASPETAR, Qatar Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Jonathan A Drezner, Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Box 356930, Seattle, Washington, 98195, USA; jdrezner{at}uw.edu

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Drezner JA, Ackerman MJ, Cannon BC, et al

Abnormal electrocardiographic findings in athletes: recognising changes suggestive of primary electrical disease

British Journal of Sports Medicine 2013;47:153-167.

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Received December 7, 2012
Revised December 7, 2012
Accepted December 7, 2012
First published January 9, 2013.

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January 09, 2013

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