Electrocardiographic Manifestations of Chronic Physical Overexertion in Athletes

Author: Aghajanyan, M.

Source: Human Physiology, Volume 31, Number 6, November 2005 , pp. 672-676(5)

Publisher: MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica

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Abstract:

Electrocardiographic studies were performed in 85 endurance-training athletes with chronic physical overexertion. A new type of change in the T wave—atypical asymmetry—was revealed in addition to changes described earlier in the literature as corresponding to this pathological condition. A detailed theoretical foundation for impaired repolarization was given. An electrocardiographic picture of a left ventricular diastolic overload was also considered as a manifestation of chronic physical overexertion. A classification was suggested for electrocardiographic variants of dysadaptation of an athlete's heart to physical loads as a result of physical overexertion.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10747-005-0113-1

Affiliations: 1: Email: agmarina5@yahoo.com

Publication date: 2005-11-01