Not Signed In - Endurance Athletes With Ventricular Arrhythmias Have Dysfunctional Right Ventricles
Wed, 24 Jan 2007 11:00 AM EST
... Some high-level athletes who take part in endurance sports can develop a rare but life-threatening condition called ventricular arrhythmia (VA) in which the heart beats at an abnormal rate and rhythm. Now, a new study has shown that most of the athletes with VA have dysfunctional right ventricles. [click link for full article] ...
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- Arrhythmia
- Heart arrhythmias, including lethal arrhythmias
- Athletes
- Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding
- Dysfunctional uterine bleeding (DUB)
- Ventricular fibrillation
- Ventricular tachycardia
- Arrhythmias
- Ventricular septal defect
- Premature Ventricular Contractions
- Ventricular Septal Defects
- Heart arrhythmias
- Other arrhythmias (occasionally)
- Heart arrhythmias (rare)
- Heart arrhythmias, may be life threatening
- Left ventricular hypertrophy (enlargement) caused by the extra work of pushing blood through the narrowed valve
- Symptomatic cardiac conduction system disease (arrhythmias related to abnormal conduction of impulses through the heart muscle)
- Lidocaine Injection
- Family Issues
- Dysplasia
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