Table 2

Signal-averaged ECG data on patients affected by arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (AVRC) patients, athletes and untrained control subjects

ARVC (n=40)Athletes (n=40)Controls (n=40)ARVC vs athletesARVC vs controlsAthletes vs controls
Presence of late potentials (patients)22 (55%)2 (5%)3 (7.5%)0.000010.000010.587
QRSD (ms)100.9 (13)87.9 (9.7)87.4 (9.3)0.000010.000010.814
25–250 Hz
QRS (ms)124.8 (11.9)118.6 (10)119.5 (7,6)0.0130.0200.6517
LAS (ms)28.4 (10)18.8 (6.5)17.2 (4.2)0.000010.000010.194
RMS (μV)43.3 (23.9)91.4 (47.9)98.2 (43.9)0.000010.000010.510
40–250 Hz
QRS (ms)116.7 (12.4)110 (8)109.7 (7.9)0.0050.00350.866
LAS (ms)40.8 (9.7)27.5 (8.4)26.7 (10.3)0.000010.000010.704
RMS (μV)24.4 (17.8)48 (24.9)54.2 (21.2)0.000010.000010.234
80–250 Hz
QRS (ms)105 (11.3)97.8 (8.6)97.8 (8.4)0.00190.00181
LAS (ms)40 (10.9)26.8 (7.6)25.6 (11.9)0.000010.000010.5925
RMS (μV)12.3 (8.9)27.9 (14.5)31.5 (18.4)0.000010.000010.3341
  • LAS, mean value of low amplitude signal duration in the last 40 ms of the filtered QRS; QRS, mean value of filtered QRS duration; QRSD, mean value of filtered QRS; RMS, mean value of the root mean square of the voltage in the last 40 ms of the filtered QRS.