Why the study?
Master athletes require adequate and sport-specific medical care, but high levels of endurance exercise are associated with numerous cardiovascular controversies.
High levels of endurance exercise in master athletes may be associated with exercise-induced cardiac remodeling and increased susceptibility to atrial arrhythmias.
May warrant arrhythmia vigilance in symptomatic master athletes; hypothesis-generating for remodeling-related tachycardia.
The cohort of master athletes (MA), defined people older than 35 years taking part in competitive sport events, is a rapidly growing population. This athlete cohort acquires adequate and sport-specific medical care. Although physical exercise has many positive effects on the cardiovascular system, high levels of endurance exercise are associated with numerous cardiovascular controversies. In this context, our case report would like to present an example of a MA with exercise-induced cardiac remodeling (EICR), who – at the initial diagnosis of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia – was extremely sensitive to bouts of atrial tachycardia (AT) and reported irregular palpitations during exercise and in the recovery period.
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