PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Jonathan A Drezner AU - Michael John Ackerman AU - Jeffrey Anderson AU - Euan Ashley AU - Chad A Asplund AU - Aaron L Baggish AU - Mats Börjesson AU - Bryan C Cannon AU - Domenico Corrado AU - John P DiFiori AU - Peter Fischbach AU - Victor Froelicher AU - Kimberly G Harmon AU - Hein Heidbuchel AU - Joseph Marek AU - David S Owens AU - Stephen Paul AU - Antonio Pelliccia AU - Jordan M Prutkin AU - Jack C Salerno AU - Christian M Schmied AU - Sanjay Sharma AU - Ricardo Stein AU - Victoria L Vetter AU - Mathew G Wilson TI - Electrocardiographic interpretation in athletes: the ‘Seattle Criteria’ AID - 10.1136/bjsports-2012-092067 DP - 2013 Feb 01 TA - British Journal of Sports Medicine PG - 122--124 VI - 47 IP - 3 4099 - http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/47/3/122.short 4100 - http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/47/3/122.full SO - Br J Sports Med2013 Feb 01; 47 AB - Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is the leading cause of death in athletes during sport. Whether obtained for screening or diagnostic purposes, an ECG increases the ability to detect underlying cardiovascular conditions that may increase the risk for SCD. In most countries, there is a shortage of physician expertise in the interpretation of an athlete's ECG. A critical need exists for physician education in modern ECG interpretation that distinguishes normal physiological adaptations in athletes from abnormal findings suggestive of pathology. On 13–14 February 2012, an international group of experts in sports cardiology and sports medicine convened in Seattle, Washington, to define contemporary standards for ECG interpretation in athletes. The objective of the meeting was to develop a comprehensive training resource to help physicians distinguish normal ECG alterations in athletes from abnormal ECG findings that require additional evaluation for conditions associated with SCD.