Why the study?
Does focused physician-operated echocardiography improve false-positive rates and reduce referrals in preparticipation screening of athletes?
Does focused physician-operated echocardiography improve false-positive rates and reduce referrals in preparticipation screening of athletes?
Focused physician-operated echocardiography during preparticipation screening of athletes can reduce false-positive referrals for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
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May reduce unnecessary HCM referrals in athlete screening; leaves open need for randomized confirmation before practice change.
Yim et al. (2014) studied this question.
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