title: [Cardiac rhythm in athletes: a Holter study of top level and ex-professional football players].
abstract: The study we performed aimed at identifying the arrhythmological pattern in the football player. Between 1984 and 1989, 50 top level football players (group A) from the National Olympic team and from the National A team, average age 24.2 years (min. 19, max. 32), underwent Holter monitoring. The recordings were carried out in different environmental conditions according tot he programmes of the team and the number of recordings depended on how long each football player stayed in the National team. Moreover, 40 trainers (group B) from the Italian football teams, average age 38.4 years (min. 32, max. 57), all of whom had formerly been professional high-level football players practising intensive physical exercise for professional reasons, underwent one 24 h Holter monitoring. RESULTS. Group A: 2621 hours of monitoring were able to be analysed in 48/50 football players. Sinus node pauses greater than or equal to 1750 ms were found in 21/48 (43.7%) with a maximum of 3740 ms on altitude in 1/21, second degree atrioventricular block in 8/48 (16.7%) with a maximum of 5400 ms on altitude in 1/8, supraventricular ectopic beats in 13/48 (27%), ventricular ectopic beats in 26/48 (54.1%) which were complex (cl. Lown greater than or equal to 3) in 7/26. Group B: 882.30 hours of monitoring were able to be analysed in 39/40 former football players. Sinus node pauses greater than or equal to 1750 ms were found in 18/39 (46.1%) with a maximum of 2280 ms in 7/18, second degree atrioventricular block in 1/39 (2.6%) with a maximum of 2400 ms, supraventricular ectopic beats in 32/39 (82%), ventricular ectopic beats in 24/39 (61.5%) which were complex in 5/24.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Cardiologia e Centro Aritmologico, Ospedale S. Chiara, Trento.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bettini
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Furlanello
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vecchiet
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Resina
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Visonà
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Musilli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dallago
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D015716:Electrocardiography, Ambulatory; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology; D006321:Heart / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006327:Heart Block; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012849:Sinoatrial Node / Q000503:physiopathology; D012916:Soccer
vernacular_title: Ritmo cardiaco nell'atleta: studio con Holter in calciatori "top level" ed ex calciatori professionisti.