Classification of Premature Ventricular Contractions in Athletes During Routine Preparticipation Exams.

Sofia E Gomez¹, Marco V Perez¹, Matthew T Wheeler¹, David Hadley², Calvin E Hwang³, Andrea Kussman⁴, Daniel S Kim¹, Victor Froelicher¹

¹Department of Cardiovascular Medicine (S.E.G., M.V.P., M.T.W., D.S.K., V.F.), Stanford University School of Medicine, CA.

²Cardiac Insight, Inc, Bellevue, WA (D.H.).

³Department of Orthopaedic Surgery (C.E.H.), Stanford University School of Medicine, CA.

⁴Department of Family Medicine (A.K.), Stanford University School of Medicine, CA.

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Large-scale data on incidental premature ventricular contraction (PVC) prevalence and morphologies have been lacking, leaving many providers without guidance on further cardiac testing for patients with incidental PVCs on ECG. Athletes offer an intriguing cohort to understand the clinical significance, prevalence, and common morphologies of incidental PVCs because they often undergo EC…

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