Facts :
Athletic heart syndrome is not uncommon
Abnormal ECG and abnormal echo cardiography in an athlete should alert us about AHS.
Employment, marriage and day-to-day life are absolutely not a problem with AHS
High-level athletes should have a periodic check for AHS.
If detected early, the training programme can be modified.
After stopping of high-level activity, a majority of the changes due to AHS can get reversed in a period of months or years.
AHS is not a famial or genetically transmitted condition
Awareness about AHS will oversome the fear psychosis caused by abnormalities in cardiac investigations.
Concluded
Source : TOI
