NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Abnormal electrocardiogram (ECG) findings in young, seemingly healthy athletes is associated with the eventual development of cardiomyopathy, a structural disease of heart ...

Correspondence to Ricardo Stein, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre 90035-903, Brazil; rstein{at}cardiol.br Objectives To evaluate the prevalence of abnormal ECG findings and ...

Using data from the US National Registry of Sudden Death in Athletes and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), investigators report there were 182 deaths over a 10-year study period ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Abnormal ECG findings were more common in female athletes compared with male athletes, according to a study ...

London, UK and Kansas City, MO - Two new studies are among the first to show that there are significant racial differences between young athletes in terms of ECG patterns and left ventricular ...

June 3 -- MONDAY, June 2 (HealthDay News) -- Black football players are twice as likely as whites to have abnormal electrocardiograms (ECGs), a new study finds. But that doesn't mean they are at ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Abnormalities seen on electrocardiogram - a test that detects and records the heart's electrical activity -- are twice as common in black professional football players as ...

QRS interval widening appears to be highly specific for the diagnosis of hyperkalemia in patients with end-stage kidney disease. ECG changes, in general, have poor sensitivities for hyperkalemia in ...