Funny you should mention this.
I recently went for a check-up at my local doc's, and he also thoought I had
an "abnormality". An ECG was done to check out my heart function and I was
referred to the local hospital for further tests.
Nothing was found. I think it transpires that as I have a very low resting
heart rate, and am fitter (than the average joe) that my heart is not under
stress when resting so can throw in a few bloopers occasionally. I work in
veterinary medicine as a horse doc, and we see the same thing in fit horses-
  they often have murmurs and missed beats purely related to the size of the
heart and thier fitness levels.
Hope this helps somewhat.
Rudi

>Date:    Thu, 7 Jun 2001 16:04:34 CDT
>From:    Brick Carter <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: heart abnormalities
>
>Some months ago, I received an email newsletter outlining a
>study done on the Italian Olympic Team in which all of the
>athletes were given electrocardiograms.  About 15% showed
>dangerous "abnormalities", and nearly all of them were
>endurance athletes.  I think the newsletter was from
>CBS "Mousecalls", but it has since been deleted, and I
>can't find the article in their archives.
>
>At any rate, is anyone out there familiar with this study,
>and know where I can find some documentation?  Or, do you
>know of any similar findings by others?
>
>I think I remember some text on Arthur De Vany's site where he
>mentioned that marathon runners suffered a higher cancer rate.
>Is there a study/stat I can point to on that?
>   =
>
>I'm basically interested in any studies that can point to
>evidence that excessive aerobic conditioning can be
>counter-productive to one's overall health.
>
>Please and Thank You!
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>End of EVOLUTIONARY-FITNESS Digest - 7 Jun 2001 to 8 Jun 2001 (#2001-78)
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