Sometimes, an abnormal EKG reading is a normal variation in a person’s heart rhythm. In other cases, it may be due to an underlying heart condition or a reaction to medication. An ...

Abnormal EKG results could be a sign of several conditions, including: Atrial fibrillation /flutter; ... It's possible to have normal EKG results and still have a heart condition.

Researchers found that individuals who had positive ECG results and normal stress echocardiography had a slightly increased risk for adverse cardiac events. It was the week’s top story in ...

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I’m writing you for reassurance. I haven’t seen a doctor in more than 25 years because I haven’t had a sickness that required a doctor. I finally yielded to my wife’s ...

The purpose of this lecture, therefore, was to review the criteria used to separate the normal from the abnormal ECG in an athlete. This is important, as was pointed out by a European specialist ...

Young, trained athletes may have abnormal 12-lead electrocardiograms (ECGs) without evidence of structural cardiac disease. Whether such ECG patterns represent the initial expression of underlying ...

Abnormal ECG findings were more common in female athletes compared with male athletes, according to a study published in JAMA Cardiology. “Exercise-induced cardiac remodeling is the process by ...

And, indeed, the 30,759 normal-EKG patients were 41 percent less likely to die while hospitalized than the 222,875 with abnormal EKGs. Still, 1,752 in the normal-EKG group died, nearly 6 percent.

During that time, 81 athletes had abnormal EKGs with no signs of structural heart problems at the time of the EKG . Only five of them developed cardiomyopathies, including one who died while ...