ArticleFrontiers in cardiovascular medicine2025
The diagnostic accuracy of contemporary ECG interpretation criteria in risk stratification of master athletes.
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- Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in the Differential Diagnosis Between Athlete's Heart and Cardiac Pathology: Current Evidence and Diagnostic Challenges.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
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Background: Limited data are available on the diagnostic performance of contemporary ECG interpretation criteria in master athletes (aged over 35 years). This study aimed to describe ECG findings and compare the diagnostic accuracy of the 2017 International, 2010 ESC, and 2013 Seattle criteria in identifying high-risk cardiovascular conditions in a cohort of competitive master athletes. Methods: We included 506 consecutive Caucasian master athletes (mean age, 47.9 ± 8.7 years; 85.6% male) who underwent ECG-based preparticipation screening. ECGs were retrospectively interpreted according to the three criteria. Transthoracic echocardiography was included to calculate sensitivity and specificity. Results: Thirteen athletes (2.5%) were diagnosed with a condition potentially related to sudden cardiac death (SCD), including severe aortic regurgitation ( Conclusion: The Seattle criteria demonstrated the highest overall accuracy, with significantly better discriminative performance than the International criteria, and a lower false-positive rate compared with the ESC criteria. These findings support the use of the Seattle criteria as part of a comprehensive screening strategy in master athletes.
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