Major electrocardiogram abnormalities are associated with a significant 2-fold higher risk for cardiovascular mortality among patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis compared with a control group.

Artificial intelligence (AI) may be an aid to interpreting ECG results, helping healthcare staff to diagnose diseases that affect the heart. Researchers at Uppsala University and heart specialists in ...

Electrocardiogram abnormalities, particularly major abnormalities, are associated with significantly higher cardiovascular and all-cause mortality risks among patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic ...

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In a new study, 1 in 5 National Basketball Association athletes had abnormal ECG classifications, some of which may be influenced by left ventricular concentric remodeling. Overall, 89% of athletes ...

Atrial flutter distinguishes itself from AF by presence of flutter waves, its mechanism of origin and propagation, its low prevalence, higher treatment success with ablation and likely lower relative ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Abnormal ECG findings were more common in female athletes compared with male athletes, according to a study ...

Deep learning (DL) has achieved promising performance in detecting common abnormalities from the 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG). However, diagnostic redundancy exists in the 12-lead ECG, which could ...

Background In athletes, ECG changes from physiological cardiac remodelling are common but can overlap with findings from a pathological disorder. We compared ECG findings in a group of elite high ...

About 1 in 5 professional basketball players had abnormalities on their electrocardiograms (ECGs), some but not all of which were explained by changes in the shape and size of their hearts as a result ...

A small study suggests breast implants may interfere with the quality of ECG readings, leading to false-positive abnormalities. Researchers led by Sok-Sithikun Bun, MD (Princess Grace Hospital, Monaco ...

In a recent published study that examined 2580 patients without clinical AF and recent pacemaker or defibrillator, AT (>190 beats per min for more than 6 min detected within 3 months of device ...