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Jose David Arroja1, Georgios Giannakopoulos1, Anna Louise Beale1
1Service de cardiologie, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Rue Gabrielle Perret Gentil 4, 1205 Genève, Switzerland.
Objectives:
To identify the frequency and significance of notched T-waves (NTW) in elite endurance athletes.
Methods:
Professional cyclists were followed for 4 years with a clinical, electrocardiographic and echocardiographic assessment. Electrocardiograms were classified according to the presence or absence of NTWs; clinical and echocardiographic correlates were assessed.
Results:
42 Caucasian male cyclists were included. NTW were detected in 8 (19%) cyclists who showed significantly longer QT (461 ± 15 vs 422 ± 33 ms, p < 0.01) and QTc intervals (434 ± 19 vs 383 ± 21 ms, p < 0.01), a larger left ventricular end-diastolic volume (163 ± 27 vs 137 ± 23 mL, p = 0.014), end-diastolic volume index (84 ± 13 vs 73 ± 11 mL, p = 0.037) and end-diastolic apex-to-base length (9.9 ± 0.7 vs 9.3 ± 0.5 mm. p = 0.035). There were no detected arrhythmic events, and echocardiography did not reveal any abnormalities.
Conclusions:
This is to our knowledge the first study reporting a high prevalence of NTW in athletes. In our small cohort of cyclists NTW were associated with QT interval prolongation and left ventricular changes. This may be indicative of underlying inhomogeneity of repolarisation. Expanding on this research could reveal a role for NTW in identifying ventricular morphological changes.
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