Do recent ECG screening criteria effectively identify serious underlying cardiovascular disease while reducing abnormal ECG rates in NCAA Division I athletes?
More recent ECG screening criteria in young athletes successfully identify serious cardiovascular disease (1 in 300) while reducing false positives and unnecessary additional testing.
More recent ECG screening criteria substantially reduce the abnormal ECG rate and thus the number of athletes requiring additional testing. ECG screening criteria identified the predicted number (1/300) of young athletes with serious underlying cardiovascular disease. These criteria prompt not only additional cardiovascular testing but also a more thorough cardiovascular history.
Fuller et al. (Wed,) studied this question.