TY - JOUR
T1 - Electrocardiographic interpretation in athletes
T2 - The 'Seattle Criteria'
AU - Drezner, Jonathan A.
AU - Ackerman, Michael John
AU - Anderson, Jeffrey
AU - Ashley, Euan
AU - Asplund, Chad A.
AU - Baggish, Aaron L.
AU - Börjesson, Mats
AU - Cannon, Bryan C.
AU - Corrado, Domenico
AU - DiFiori, John P.
AU - Fischbach, Peter
AU - Froelicher, Victor F.
AU - Harmon, Kimberly G.
AU - Heidbuchel, Hein
AU - Marek, Joseph C.
AU - Owens, David S.
AU - Paul, Stephen
AU - Pellicci, Antonio
AU - Prutkin, Jordan M.
AU - Salerno, Jack C.
AU - Schmied, Christian M.
AU - Sharma, Sharma Sanjay
AU - Stein, Ricardo
AU - Vetter, Victoria L.
AU - Wilson, Mathew G.
PY - 2013/2
Y1 - 2013/2
N2 - 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.
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.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84872364201&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1136/bjsports-2012-092067
DO - 10.1136/bjsports-2012-092067
M3 - Article
C2 - 23303758
AN - SCOPUS:84872364201
SN - 0306-3674
VL - 47
SP - 122
EP - 124
JO - British Journal of Sports Medicine
JF - British Journal of Sports Medicine
IS - 3
ER -