Noninvasive cardiac screening, particularly exercise testing, identified potentially dangerous ventricular arrhythmias in 30% of young athletes with prevalently normal resting electrocardiograms.
Observational (n=145)
Does noninvasive cardiac screening identify pathologic substrates and potentially dangerous ventricular arrhythmias in young athletes?
In asymptomatic athletes with prevalently normal ECGs, adding an exercise test during preparticipation screening is crucial for identifying potentially dangerous ventricular arrhythmias.
The aim of this study was to analyze using noninvasive cardiac examinations a series of young athletes discovered to have ventricular arrhythmias (VAs) during the preparticipation screening program for competitive sports. One hundred forty-five athletes (mean age 17 ± 5 years) were evaluated. The study protocol included electrocardiography (ECG), exercise testing, 2-dimensional and Doppler echocardiography, 24-hour Holter monitoring, signal-averaged ECG, and in selected cases contrast-enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. Results of ECG were normal in most athletes (85%). VAs were initially detected prevalently during exercise testing (85%) and in the remaining cases on ECG and Holter monitoring. Premature ventricular complexes disappeared during exercise in 56% of subjects. Premature ventricular complexes during Holter monitoring averaged 4,700 per day, predominantly monomorphic (88%), single, and/or in couplets (79%). The most important echocardiographic findings were mitral valve prolapse in 29 patients (20%), congenital heart disease in 4 (3%), and right ventricular regional kinetic abnormalities in 5 (3.5%). On cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, right ventricular regional kinetic abnormalities were detected in 9 of 30 athletes and were diagnostic of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy in only 1 athlete. Overall, 30% of athletes were judged to have potentially dangerous VAs. In asymptomatic athletes with prevalently normal ECG, most VAs can be identified by adding an exercise test during preparticipation screening. In conclusion, cardiac screening with noninvasive examinations remains a fundamental tool for the identification of a possible pathologic substrate and for the characterization of electrical instability. The aim of this study was to analyze using noninvasive cardiac examinations a series of young athletes discovered to have ventricular arrhythmias (VAs) during the preparticipation screening program for competitive sports. One hundred forty-five athletes (mean age 17 ± 5 years) were evaluated. The study protocol included electrocardiography (ECG), exercise testing, 2-dimensional and Doppler echocardiography, 24-hour Holter monitoring, signal-averaged ECG, and in selected cases contrast-enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. Results of ECG were normal in most athletes (85%). VAs were initially detected prevalently during exercise testing (85%) and in the remaining cases on ECG and Holter monitoring. Premature ventricular complexes disappeared during exercise in 56% of subjects. Premature ventricular complexes during Holter monitoring averaged 4,700 per day, predominantly monomorphic (88%), single, and/or in couplets (79%). The most important echocardiographic findings were mitral valve prolapse in 29 patients (20%), congenital heart disease in 4 (3%), and right ventricular regional kinetic abnormalities in 5 (3.5%). On cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, right ventricular regional kinetic abnormalities were detected in 9 of 30 athletes and were diagnostic of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy in only 1 athlete. Overall, 30% of athletes were judged to have potentially dangerous VAs. In asymptomatic athletes with prevalently normal ECG, most VAs can be identified by adding an exercise test during preparticipation screening. In conclusion, cardiac screening with noninvasive examinations remains a fundamental tool for the identification of a possible pathologic substrate and for the characterization of electrical instability. Athlete's heart is generally regarded as a benign electroanatomic remodeling due to systematic training. 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Trends in sudden cardiovascular death in young competitive athletes after implementation of a preparticipation screening program.JAMA. 2006; 296: 1593-1601Crossref PubMed Scopus (1161) Google Scholar The aim of this study was to analyze using noninvasive cardiac examinations a series of young athletes discovered to have VAs. One hundred forty-five young, nonelite, competitive athletes (mean age 17.3 ± 5.3 years, range 9 to 34; male/female ratio 106/39 = 2.7) were evaluated in our laboratory during a period of 3 years. All subjects were referred because of VAs detected during preparticipation screening, which also included exercise testing. The study protocol included family and personal histories, 12-lead electrocardiography (ECG), 2-dimensional echocardiography with Doppler analysis, 24-hour Holter monitoring, exercise testing, signal-averaged ECG, and in selected cases contrast-enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. Electrocardiograms were evaluated using digital calipers at standard paper speed (25 mm/s). Electrocardiographic abnormalities were divided into 2 groups (common or training-related and uncommon or training-unrelated abnormalities) and interpreted considering the most recent recommendations.8Corrado D. Pelliccia A. Heidbuchel H. Sharma S. Link M. Basso C. Biffi A. Buja G. Delise P. Gussac I. Anastasakis A. Borjesson M. Bjørnstad H.H. Carrè F. Deligiannis A. Dugmore D. Fagard R. Hoogsteen J. Mellwig K.P. Panhuyzen-Goedkoop N. Solberg E. Vanhees L. Drezner J. Estes III, N.A. Iliceto S. Maron B.J. Peidro R. Schwartz P.J. Stein R. Thiene G. Zeppilli P. McKenna W.J. 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The following parameters for each of the 3 filters (25, 40, and 80 to 250 Hz) were evaluated: filtered QRS duration, high-frequency low-amplitude signal duration in the terminal portion of the filtered QRS interval with a voltage amplitude <40 μV (or <20 μV for the 80- to 250-Hz filter), and the root mean square of the voltage in the last 40 ms of the filtered QRS interval. Presence of late potentials was considered when ≥2 parameters were abnormal in 1 filter. The exercise test was performed on a bicycle or treadmill (with standard 12-lead placement) up to the submaximal heart rate, calculated from the formula 220 − age × 85%. ST-segment alterations and VAs were carefully evaluated. Holter monitoring was performed using 12-lead ECG (with standard lead placement). The number, morphologies, and coupling intervals of single and repetitive VAs were studied. The echocardiographic study was performed with a 2.5- to 4-MHz transducer (model 5500, Philips Medical Systems, Andover, Massachusetts) and included M-mode, 2-dimensional, and Doppler examinations of the traditional views. Left ventricular (LV) end-diastolic diameter, parietal wall thickness, and left atrial diameter were calculated in the parasternal long-axis view using M-mode imaging. LV end-diastolic volume, end-systolic volume, and ejection fraction were calculated in the apical 4-chamber view (using Simpson's rule). RV end-diastolic area, end-systolic area, and fractional area change were calculated from the apical 4-chamber view, and the RV ejection fraction was also measured. The RV outflow tract was measured in the parasternal view and the short-axis view and the RV inflow tract in the 4-chamber view. The presence of LV and RV wall motion abnormalities was assessed. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging was performed using a 1.0-T clinical scanner (Harmony; Siemens Healthcare, Erlangen, Germany) using a phased-array cardiac receiver coil. After the intravenous administration of gadolinium, chelate inversion recovery prepared, breath-hold cine gradient-echo images were obtained. Cine, morphologic, and late gadolinium enhancement images acquired during the same imaging session were matched by slice position. Data are expressed as mean ± SD for continuous variables and as frequencies with percentages for categorical variables. All continuous variables are expresses as mean ± SD. The initial detection of premature ventricular complexes (PVCs) during the preparticipation program was due mostly to the exercise tests in 124 athletes (85%). 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Steriotis et al. (Thu,) conducted a observational in Ventricular arrhythmias (n=145). Noninvasive cardiac screening was evaluated on Detection of potentially dangerous ventricular arrhythmias. Noninvasive cardiac screening, particularly exercise testing, identified potentially dangerous ventricular arrhythmias in 30% of young athletes with prevalently normal resting electrocardiograms.