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Thirty-seven top-ranking athletes underwent 24-h Hoiter monitoring. Pauses longer than 2 sec occurred in 19% and resulted from sinus arrest. The longest pause lasted 2.5 sec. Second-degree atrioventricular block was noted in 13%.
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Ector, H. et al. (1986). Bradycardia, ventricular pauses and sports. In: Fagard, R.H., Bekaert, I.E. (eds) Sports Cardiology. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 52. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4257-8_4
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