Cardiac pauses in competitive athletes: a systematic review examining the basis of current practice recommendations

ŞENTÜRK, TUNAY; Xu, Hai; Puppala, Krishna; Krishnan, Balaji; Sakaguchi, Scott; Chen, Lin; Karim, Rehan; Dickinson, Oana; Benditt, David

doi:10.1093/europace/euv373

Cardiac pauses in competitive athletes: a systematic review examining the basis of current practice recommendations

ŞENTÜRK T., Xu H., Puppala K., Krishnan B., Sakaguchi S., Chen L. Y., ...Daha Fazla

EUROPACE, cilt.18, sa.12, ss.1873-1879, 2016 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Derleme
Cilt numarası: 18 Sayı: 12
Basım Tarihi: 2016
Doi Numarası: 10.1093/europace/euv373
Dergi Adı: EUROPACE
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1873-1879
Anahtar Kelimeler: Cardiac, Pause, Sports, Athletes, Symptoms, Bradycardia, VENTRICULAR PAUSES, FOLLOW-UP, ASYSTOLE, BRADYCARDIA, ARRHYTHMIAS, SYNCOPE
Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Aims It is generally recommended that individuals aspiring to competitive sports should undergo pre-participation cardiovascular assessment, particularly including arrhythmia risk evaluation. In regard to bradyarrhythmias, the 36th Bethesda Conference suggested that asymptomatic cardiac pauses <= 3 s are 'probably of no significance', whereas longer 'symptomatic' pauses may be abnormal. This study focused on assessing the evidence for the '3 s' threshold.