Orsolya Kiss, Mate Babity, Attila Kovacs, Judit Skopal, Hajnalka Vago, Balint Karoly Lakatos, Csaba Bognar, Reka Rakoczi, Mark Zamodics, Lorinc Frivaldszky, Anna Menyhart-Hetenyi, Zsofia Dohy, Csilla Czimbalmos, Liliana Szabo, Bela Merkely
The significance of cardiology screening of referees is not well established. Cardiovascular risk factors and diseases were examined in asymptomatic Hungarian elite handball referees undergoing extended screening: personal/family history, physical examination, 12-lead ECG, laboratory tests, body-composition analysis, echocardiography, and cardiopulmonary exercise testing. Holter-ECG (n = 8), blood pressure monitorization (n = 10), cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR; n = 27) and computer tomography (CCT; n = 4) were also carried out if needed...
2021: PloS One