[Athlete's heart in elite disabled athletes].
OBJECTIVE
To assess the prevalence of the athlete's, heart syndrome in elite disabled Brazilians athletes.


METHODS
Seventy-five athletes, age 27.8 +/- 6.7 years, 56 men, with various disabilities (47 physical, 12 visual and 16 cerebral paralysis) underwent clinical, electrocardiographic, vectorcardiographic, ergometric and echocardiographic evaluations.


RESULTS
Athlete's heart signs occurred in 33% of the clinical evaluations, in 55% of the electrocardiograms, in 15% of the vectorcardiograms, and in 5% of the echocardiograms. At least one of these signs was presented in 51% of the athletes. There were 2 or more abnormalities in 46% of the athletes and 4 or more signs in 12%. Exercise test was considered not ischemic in 77% of the subjects. There was right bundle branch block in 23% of the tests.


CONCLUSIONS
There were two or more athlete's heart syndrome signs in 46% of Brazilian disabled athletes.
Oliveira Filho
J A
JA
Escola Paulista de Medicina, UNIFESP.
Silva
A C
AC
Lira Filho
E
E
Luna Filho
B
B
Covre
S H
SH
Lauro
F A
FA
Danucalov
M A
MA
Leite
W A
WA
Tuffik
S
S
Andrade
J L
JL
de Paola
A A
AA
Martinez Filho
E
E
D000328:Adult; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005080:Exercise Test; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000502:physiology*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010806:Physical Education and Training; D013177:Sports / Q000502:physiology*
Coração de atleta em desportistas deficientes de elite.