The prevalence, distribution, and clinical outcomes of electrocardiographic repolarization patterns in male athletes of African/Afro-Caribbean origin

Papadakis, Michael; Carré, François; Kervio, G.; Rawlins, John; F. Panoulas, Vasileios; Chandra, Navin; Basavarajaiah, Sandeep; Carby, L.; Vasconcelos Fonseca, Tiago; Sharma, Sanjay

doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehr140

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The prevalence, distribution, and clinical outcomes of electrocardiographic repolarization patterns in male athletes of African/Afro-Caribbean origin

Published in European Heart Journal • May 25, 2011

Authors:

Michael Papadakis

François Carré

G. Kervio

Abstract

AIMS: Athletic training in male black athletes (BAs) is associated with marked ECG repolarization changes that overlap with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Differentiating between the two entities is prudent since BAs exhibit a higher prevalence of exercise-related sudden death from HCM compared ...

Subject

Medicine

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

T wave

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