Abstract:Results from variance electrocardiography, displaying the wide-band, phase-locked electrical micro-variability during the depolarization phase, was analysed versus clinical data, echocardiographic structural and functional variables and myocardial scintigraphic findings in 174 elite orienteers compared with 37 age-matched elite endurance athletes and 50 age-matched, healthy medical students. PCA analysis identified a subgroup of five orienteers deviating from the rest of the study group and both control groups… Show more
Considering the number of sudden cardiac deaths in athletes, it is needless to say how important it is to distinguish physiological changes of the heart due to physical activity, and pathological changes due to some cardiac diseases.
Considering the number of sudden cardiac deaths in athletes, it is needless to say how important it is to distinguish physiological changes of the heart due to physical activity, and pathological changes due to some cardiac diseases.
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