Alessandro Zorzi, Flavio D'Ascenzi, Daniele Andreini, Silvia Castelletti, Michela Casella, Elena Cavarretta, Alberto Cipriani, Paolo Compagnucci, Pietro Delise, Antonio Dello Russo, Francesca Graziano, Zefferino Palamà, Antonio Pelliccia, Patrizio Sarto, Domenico Corrado, Luigi Sciarra
Premature ventricular beats (PVBs) are recorded in a sizeable proportion of athletes during pre-participation screening, especially if the evaluation includes both resting and exercise ECG. While in the majority of cases no underlying heart disease is present, in others PVBs may be the sign of a condition at risk of sudden cardiac death, including cardiomyopathies, congenital, coronary artery, heart valves and ion channels diseases. In this expert opinion document of the Italian Society of Sports Cardiology, we propose a multiparametric interpretation approach to PVBs in athletes and a stepwise diagnostic algorithm...
November 15, 2023: International Journal of Cardiology