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ArticleEuropean heart journal. Case reports2021

Arrhythmia in an athlete diagnosed by smartphone electrocardiogram: a case report.

Daniel Phillips, Peter O'Callaghan, Abbas Zaidi

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Article in European heart journal. Case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  1. [Atrial fibrillation in athletes : Prevalence, diagnosis, and treatment].Herzschrittmachertherapie & Elektrophysiologie · 2023
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Daniel PhillipsDepartment of Cardiology, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XW, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-8334
Peter O'CallaghanDepartment of Cardiology, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XW, UK.
Abbas ZaidiDepartment of Cardiology, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XW, UK.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThis is the first case report demonstrating the use of a smartphone device, enabling the diagnosis of an arrhythmia in the sports cardiology literature. CASE SUMMARY: A 17-year-old semi-professional rugby player presented with recurrent episodes of palpitations terminated by vagal manoeuvres. The rugby player's resting 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG), echocardiogram, and exercise stress test were normal. Due to his suggestive history and an ECG trace from a smartphone device, demonstrating a narrow complex tachycardia, an electrophysiological study was arranged. The study demonstrated a slow-fast atrioventricular nodal re-entrant tachycardia which was successfully ablated. DISCUSSION: The ambulatory use of a smartphone ECG device assisted in the timely diagnosis and management of an undiagnosed paroxysmal arrhythmia in a rugby player. This resulted in an expedited return to play.

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ArrhythmiaCase reportDigitalElectrophysiologySports cardiology

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PMCPMC8142154

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