Study: Arrhythmia riskier in athletes
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070902/ap_on_re_eu/athletes__hearts"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070902/capt.55095e382b62456a80cf32a232138af1.spain_athletes__hearts_lon804.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=YVcQKaQwpCXVOiz0e1T4fQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Fans show their emotions as they pass by the coffin wrapped with the team flag, center right background, of 22-year-old Sevilla soccer player Antonio Puerta in Sevilla's Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan stadium in Seville, Spain, after the player died in a hospital in Seville, Tuesday Aug. 28, 2007, three days after collapsing on the field here during his team's Spanish league opener against Getafe. Doctors at the European Society for Cardiology meeting in Vienna, Sunday, Sept. 2, 2007, said that heart problems like an abnormal heartbeat, or arrhythmia, were more apparent and potentially fatal in athletes. 'Sport acts as a trigger,' said Dr. Domenico Corrado, of the University of Padua. In research presented at the meeting, Corrado said that screening athletes to find those who were at risk could save their lives. (AP Photo/Sevilla CF, Pool)" border="0" /></a>AP - Cardiac problems like an abnormal heartbeat are exacerbated by rigorous exercise in a way that can be fatal in athletes, and regular testing for the problem could save lives, doctors at a heart conference said Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>

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