ReviewClinical cardiology2020
Interpretation of T-wave inversion in physiological and pathological conditions: Current state and future perspectives.
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- Prevalence and prognosis of structural heart disease among athletes with negative T waves and normal transthoracic echocardiography.Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society · 2024Article
- Arrhythmogenic Left Ventricular Cardiomyopathy: From Diagnosis to Risk Management.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- T-Wave Analysis on the 24 h Holter ECG Monitoring as a Predictive Assessment of Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Myocardial Infarction: A Literature Review and Future Perspectives.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Outcomes of Investigating T Wave Inversion With Echocardiography in an Unselected Young Male Preparticipation Cohort.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2023Article
- Athlete ECG T-wave abnormality interpretation patterns by non-experts.American heart journal plus : cardiology research and practice · 2022Article
- Utility of Exercise Stress Testing in Pediatric Patients with T-Wave Inversions.Pediatric cardiology · 2022Article
- Papillary Muscles Abnormalities in Athletes With Otherwise Unexplained T-Wave Inversion in the ECG Lateral Leads.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2021Article
- T-wave inversion as a manifestation of COVID-19 infection: a case series.Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing · 2020Observational
- Interpretation of T-wave inversion in physiological and pathological conditions: Current state and future perspectives.Clinical cardiology · 2020Review
- Electrocardiographic and genetic characteristics in first degree relatives of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy probands: A descriptive cross-sectional study from Vietnam.JRSM cardiovascular diseaseArticle
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Abstract
The presence of T-wave inversion (TWI) at 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) in competitive athletes is one of the major diagnostic challenges for sports physicians and consulting cardiologists. Indeed, while the presence of TWI may be associated with some benign conditions and it may be occasionally seen in healthy athletes presenting signs of cardiac remodeling, it may also represent an early sign of an underlying, concealed structural heart disease or life-threatening arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathies, which may be responsible for exercise-related sudden cardiac death (SCD). The interpretation of TWI in athletes is complex and the inherent implications for the clinical practice represent a conundrum for physicians. Accordingly, the detection of TWI should be viewed as a potential red flag on the ECG of young and apparently healthy athletes and warrants further investigations because it may represent the initial expression of cardiomyopathies that may not be evident until many years later and that may ultimately be associated with adverse outcomes. The aim of this review is, therefore, to report an update of the literature on TWI in athletes, with a specific focus on the interpretation and management.
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