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An extended comprehensive echocardiographic protocol for preparticipation screening in elite athletes is feasible in 74% to 100% of cases and allows for the effective detection of critical structural cardiac alterations. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.METHODOLOGICAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

May 27, 2020International journal of cardiac imagingOpen Access

Possible new options and benefits to detect myocarditis, right ventricular remodeling and coronary anomalies by echocardiography in systematic preparticipation screening of athletes

Q: What is the clinical evidence from this study?

Study design: Observational. Population: Preparticipation screening of athletes (n=54). Intervention: Extended comprehensive transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) protocol. Primary outcome: Feasibility of extended image acquisition and data analyzing.

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Key result

Extended echocardiographic screening in elite athletes proves feasible in >74% of cases, detecting structural alterations.

n=54

Why the study?

Exclusion of cardiac abnormalities causing major cardiovascular events and sudden cardiac death is needed in athletes, but the feasibility of an extended comprehensive echocardiographic protocol required testing.

Is an extended comprehensive echocardiographic protocol feasible for detecting structural cardiac abnormalities in male elite athletes during preparticipation screening?

Study Design

Type

Observational (n=54)

Multicenter

Structured PICO

Is an extended comprehensive echocardiographic protocol feasible for detecting structural cardiac abnormalities in male elite athletes during preparticipation screening?

Population

54 male elite athletes (29 soccer players and 25 handball players), mean age 24 ± 5 years, with no medication, no history of any cardiac risk factor, and no prior sudden cardiac death or other major cardiac events.

Intervention

Extended comprehensive transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) protocol including two- and three-dimensional imaging, tissue Doppler imaging, coronary artery scanning, and deformation analysis (layer strain).

Outcome

Feasibility of successful image acquisition and post-processing analysis of the extended TTE protocol.surrogate

An extended comprehensive echocardiographic protocol is highly feasible in elite athletes and can detect relevant structural and acquired cardiac abnormalities like myocarditis and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy during preparticipation screening.

Limitations

Retrospective single-center study design
Small sample size of 54 athletes
Only male athletes were included, limiting generalizability to female athletes
Retrospective design
Single-center study
Only male athletes included (no female athletes)

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Implication

Supports extended echo screening feasibility in elite athletes; hypothesis-generating pending prospective outcome trials.

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Döbel et al. (2020) conducted an observational in Preparticipation screening of athletes (n=54). Extended comprehensive transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) protocol was evaluated on Feasibility of extended image acquisition and data analyzing. An extended comprehensive echocardiographic protocol for preparticipation screening in elite athletes was feasible in 74% to 100% of cases, allowing detection of structural cardiac alterations.

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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy Myocarditis Sports cardiology

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Possible new options and benefits to detect myocarditis, right ventricular remodeling and coronary anomalies by echocardiography in systematic preparticipation screening of athletes

Study Design

Structured PICO

Limitations

Discussion

Implication

Cite This Study

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Possible new options and benefits to detect myocarditis, right ventricular remodeling and coronary anomalies by echocardiography in systematic preparticipation screening of athletes

Study Design

Structured PICO

Limitations

Discussion

Implication

Cite This Study

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