September 10, 2003New England Journal of Medicine
Sudden Death in Young Athletes
Why the study?
Does screening and sidelining young athletes with high-risk cardiac findings reduce sudden death from cardiac causes?
Population
Young athletes
Design
Review
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Supports athlete screening for HCM; leaves open confirmation of sudden-death reduction in randomized studies.
Structured PICO
Does screening and sidelining young athletes with high-risk cardiac findings reduce sudden death from cardiac causes?
P
Population
Young athletes
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Intervention
Screening and sidelining young athletes with high-risk cardiac findings
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Outcome
Sudden death from cardiac causeshard clinical
Indirect evidence supports the practice of screening and sidelining young athletes with high-risk cardiac findings to prevent sudden cardiac death.
Limitations
- controlled studies are lacking
Cite This Study
Barry J. Maron (2003) studied this question.