Optimising Screening of Intermediate to High-risk Asymptomatic Sportsmen With Exercise Electrocardiogram (SEEPRED)

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne

Status: Completed

Conditions: Electrocardiography

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: Screening stress test on a bicycle ergometer (usual practise)

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06024863

IRBN372016/CHUSTE

Details and patient eligibility

About

The importance of exercise electrocardiogram (ECG) is still controversial in the prevention of cardiac events among sportsmen. The aim of this study was to assess the relevance of exercise electrocardiogram (ECG) as a significant prognostic marker for cardiovascular events when any cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors are present.

Full description

The SEEPRED (Sport, Exercise ECG, prediction) prospective cohort study included leisure time sportsmen over 35 years old who performed exercise electrocardiogram (ECG) screening in the Sports Medicine Unit of the University Hospital of Saint-Etienne from September 2011 to April 2016. Personal, familial history and physical examination were systematically performed before maximal exercise electrocardiogram (ECG). Cardiovascular events and changes in physical activity were searched after exercise electrocardiogram (ECG).

Enrollment: 1,500 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 35+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients referred as asymptomatic by their general practitioner for an exercise electrocardiogram (ECG) screening test carried out as a standard procedure for resuming physical activity
• Patients referred as a systematic pre-participation screening to be declared an athlete.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) and
• Patients with uninterpretable ST segment due to bundle branch block

Trial design

1,500 participants in 1 patient group

Sportsmen

Description:

Sportsmen (at least 1 hour of physical activity per week) over 35 years of age, referred by their doctor for a screening stress test on a bicycle ergometer in the sports medicine unit from September 2011 to August 2014

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Screening stress test on a bicycle ergometer (usual practise)