Management of young athletes with T-wave inversions

19 October 2014

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The case

Description

A 17-year-old Caucasian swimmer was referred for specialist investigation after an abnormal ECG on routine pre-participation cardiovascular screening.
He had been participating in competitive exercise since the age of 11 years.
His current regime consisted of swimming for 4 hours 5-6 days per week.
He did not report any sinister cardiac symptoms. He denied recreational or performance enhancing drug use.
There was no family history of premature sudden cardiac death or cardiomyopathy.
Clinical examination was unremarkable.

His 12-lead ECG is presented below.

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Notes to editor

Dr. Silvia Castelletti, Cardiomyopathy Fellow, The Heart Hospital, London, UK
Dr. Giovanni Quarta, PhD, Consultant Cardiologist, AO Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy
Dr. Michael Papadakis, Lecturer in cardiology, St George’s University of London, UK