Bradycardia, ventricular pauses and sports
- Resource Type
- Authors
- J. Bourgois; H. Ector; E. Van den Eynde; H De Geest; L. Hermans; M. Verlinden; Robert Fagard
- Source
- Sports Cardiology ISBN: 9789401083904
- Subject
- Bradycardia
medicine.medical_specialty
biology
Athletes
business.industry
medicine.disease
biology.organism_classification
medicine.anatomical_structure
Internal medicine
Cardiology
medicine
medicine.symptom
business
Atrioventricular block
Vasovagal syncope
Sinus (anatomy)
- Language
Thirty-seven top-ranking athletes underwent 24-h Hoiter monitoring. Pauses longer than 2 sec occurred in 19% and resulted from sinus arrest. The longest pause lasted 2.5 sec. Second-degree atrioventricular block was noted in 13%.