Increased Short-Term Variability of the QT Interval in Professional Soccer Players: Possible Implications for Arrhythmia Prediction

Csaba Lengyel; Andrea Orosz; Péter Hegyi; Zsolt Komka; Anna Udvardy; Edit Bosnyák; Emese Trájer; Gábor Pavlik; Miklós Tóth; Tibor Wittmann; Julius Gy. Papp; András Varró; István Baczkó

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0018751

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Increased Short-Term Variability of the QT Interval in Professional Soccer Players: Possible Implications for Arrhythmia Prediction

Csaba Lengyel,

Affiliation 1st Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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Andrea Orosz,

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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Péter Hegyi,

Affiliation 1st Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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Zsolt Komka,

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences and Sports Medicine, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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Anna Udvardy,

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences and Sports Medicine, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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Edit Bosnyák,

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences and Sports Medicine, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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Emese Trájer,

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences and Sports Medicine, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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Gábor Pavlik,

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences and Sports Medicine, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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Miklós Tóth,

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences and Sports Medicine, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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Tibor Wittmann,

Affiliation 1st Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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Julius Gy. Papp,

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary, Division of Cardiovascular Pharmacology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Hungary
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András Varró,

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary, Division of Cardiovascular Pharmacology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Hungary
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István Baczkó

* E-mail: ibaczko@phcol.szote.u-szeged.hu

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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Increased Short-Term Variability of the QT Interval in Professional Soccer Players: Possible Implications for Arrhythmia Prediction

Csaba Lengyel,
Andrea Orosz,
Péter Hegyi,
Zsolt Komka,
Anna Udvardy,
Edit Bosnyák,
Emese Trájer,
Gábor Pavlik,
Miklós Tóth,
Tibor Wittmann

Published: April 15, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0018751

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