it is a great pleasure to receive two valuable comments about our article regarding sudden cardiac death (scd) in young athletes from two well known experts working in the field of preparticipation evaluation and prevention of sports injuries. we, as authors, generally agree with both authors' comments. however, some considerations should be re-emphasized here. .....

to explore the abnormalities in iranian athletes' electrocardiogram and find any relation with body fat. 239 international athletes were involved in this cross sectional study. body-fat percentage and resting 12-lead ecgs were recorded from all participants. of 239 participant athletes, 212 were male and 27 female. 60% of participants had sinus bradycardia. a total of 84% of the athletes demons...

regular participation in intensive physical exercise is associated with electro-morphological changes in the heart.   this benign process is called athlete’s heart. athlete’s heart resembles few pathologic conditions in some aspects. so differentiation of these conditions is very important which otherwise may lead to a catastrophic event such as sudden death. the most common causes of sudden de...

background the early repolarization pattern (erp) has been considered a normal variant in electrocardiography (ecg) for a long time. nevertheless, increasing evidence has demonstrated its association with adverse outcomes. objectives the present study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of erp in the iranian general population and demonstrate its clinical and ecg correlates. methods a cross sectio...

introduction: incidence of sudden cardiac death (scd) has been steadily increasing all over the world. while knowing the cause of scd is one of the favorites of the physicians involved with these cases, it is very difficult and challenging task for the forensic physician. the present report is a prospective study regarding cause of scds on autopsy examination in four-year period, bangalore, ind...

introduction brugada syndrome (brs) is an autosomal-dominant inherited cardiac arrhythmia that occurs due to sodium channelopathy and increases sudden cardiac death due to episodes of polymorphic ventricular tachyarrhythmia. it is characterized by st-segment elevation in the right precordial leads and right bundle branch block (rbbb) pattern. we herewith present a case of brugada syndrome with ...