Outcomes of Cardiac Screening in Adolescent Soccer Players
Key result
Screened adolescent soccer players face ~7 per 100,000 sudden cardiac deaths, driven by undetected cardiomyopathies.
Why the study?
Does cardiovascular screening effectively identify risk and prevent sudden cardiac death in adolescent soccer players?
Population
Adolescent soccer players
Design
Cohort
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Discussion
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Implication
Current screening offers incomplete protection from SCD in young athletes; leaves open need for more sensitive detection methods in prospective trials.
Structured PICO
Does cardiovascular screening effectively identify risk and prevent sudden cardiac death in adolescent soccer players?
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Population
Adolescent soccer players
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Intervention
Cardiovascular screening
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Outcome
Identification of diseases associated with sudden cardiac death and incidence of sudden cardiac deathhard clinical
Cardiovascular screening in adolescent soccer players identifies at-risk individuals in 0.38% of cases, but most sudden cardiac deaths occur due to cardiomyopathies missed by the screening.
Cite This Study
Malhotra et al. (2018) studied this question. The incidence of sudden cardiac death in screened adolescent soccer players was 6.8 per 100,000 athletes, primarily due to cardiomyopathies that were not detected during initial screening.