TY - JOUR T1 - Electrocardiography in athletes: normal and abnormal findings JF - Heart JO - Heart SP - 1902 LP - 1909 DO - 10.1136/heartjnl-2017-312901 VL - 104 IS - 23 AU - Jordan M Prutkin AU - Mathew G Wilson Y1 - 2018/12/01 UR - http://heart.bmj.com/content/104/23/1902.abstract N2 - Many sporting organisations recommend a pre-participation ECG to screen for disorders which predispose to sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). The ability of the ECG to perform accurately is dependent on the ECG criteria used and the experience of the operator. There have been several ECG criteria over the last decade, though these were recently superseded with the publication of the ‘International Consensus Criteria for ECG Interpretation in Athletes’. These criteria use the latest evidence to improve specificity while maintaining sensitivity for ECG-detectable pathologies associated with SCA. Accordingly, this review describes the normal, borderline and abnormal ECG findings in an asymptomatic athlete aged 12–35 years. ER -