Key result
Pre-participation screening with ECG is a benchmark for preventing sudden cardiac death in athletes, but the routine addition of echocardiography may be too expensive for public health programs.
Why the study?
What is the optimal pre-participation screening strategy to prevent sudden cardiac death in athletes?
Population
Athletes undergoing pre-participation screening
Design
Review
Authors
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ECG screening benchmark persists amid echo cost barriers; leaves open optimal, feasible strategies for sudden death prevention in athletes.
What is the optimal pre-participation screening strategy to prevent sudden cardiac death in athletes?
While adding echocardiography to pre-participation screening for athletes could improve the detection of conditions predisposing to sudden cardiac death, its high cost currently limits its feasibility for broad public health implementation.
Paolo Borrione (2013) conducted a review in Sudden cardiac death in athletes. Pre-participation screening (ECG and/or echocardiogram) was evaluated on Prevention of sudden cardiac death. Pre-participation screening with ECG is a benchmark for preventing sudden cardiac death in athletes, but the routine addition of echocardiography may be too expensive for public health programs.
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