[Various electrocardiographic criteria of cardiac hyperfunction in sportsmen]

An attempt was made to reveal the possible relationship between ECG changes and the isotonic type of myocardial hyperfunction observed in sportsmen training to develop their endurance. Two groups of sportsmen were studied. Group 1 included 45 sportsmen of a high qualification developing their endurance. Group 2 consisted of control sportsmen with other trends in their training. The obtained results demonstrated that Group 1 sportsmen developed a significantly higher incidence of partial right bundle branch block and syndrome of delayed excitation of the right supraventricular crest, than Group 2 sportsmen. They also had a significantly higher amplitude of Q, R and T-waves and local electronegative period in the left thoracic leads. This permitted to conclude that the isotonic type of hyperfunction of the right or left ventricles in sportsmen training for higher endurance is reflected in their ECG.