Electrocardiographic criteria for left ventricular hypertrophy in professional and non-professional athletes

Abstract

Every athlete can be defined qualitatively and quantitatively. Qualitatively, a professional athlete is one who competes in official competitions and who performs constant and systematic training reaching his physical limit during them. In a quantitative way, professional athletes and non-professional athletes are distinguished by the number of hours of training, and professionals practice regular training lasting more than 6 hours per week. (D'Andrea et al., 2018)