Population
Masters athletes with abnormal cardiovascular findings
Design
Guideline
Key result
Masters athletes exhibit a higher prevalence of cardiovascular abnormalities, such as atrial arrhythmias and coronary atherosclerosis, compared to less active peers.
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“Exercise is healthy, but athletes are not immune to cardiovascular disease.”
“In addition to typical complaints such as chest pain or pronounced shortness of breath during exertion, a sudden, unexplained decline in athletic performance can be a sign of coronary artery calcification.”
“There's too many masters athletes out there for only sports cardiologists to take care of. Preventive cardiologists, [electrophysiologists], and interventionalists, they're also going to take care of masters athletes, and hopefully this provides a guide.”
This joint EAPC/ESC and ACC clinical consensus statement provides expert guidance on managing cardiovascular abnormalities in Masters athletes, addressing the limitations of applying standard guidelines to highly trained individuals.
This joint EAPC/ESC and ACC clinical consensus statement provides expert guidance on managing cardiovascular abnormalities in Masters athletes, addressing the limitations of applying standard guidelines to highly trained individuals.
Eijsvogels et al. (2026) studied this question. Masters athletes exhibit a higher prevalence of cardiovascular abnormalities, such as atrial arrhythmias and coronary atherosclerosis, compared to less active peers.
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