Young athletes: Preventing sudden death by adopting a modern screening approach? A critical review and the opening of a debate

Young athletes: Preventing sudden death by adopting a modern screening approach? A critical review and the opening of a debate

Preventing sudden cardiac death (SCD) in athletes is a primary duty of sports cardiologists. Current recommendations for detecting high-risk cardiovascular conditions (hr-CVCs) are history and physical examination (H&P)-based. We discuss the effectiveness of H&P-based screening versus more-m...

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Main Authors: Paolo Angelini, Raja Muthupillai, Alberto Lopez, Benjamin Cheong, Carlo Uribe, Eduardo Hernandez, Stephanie Coulter, Emerson Perin, Silvana Molossi, Federico Gentile, Scott Flamm, Giovanni Lorenz, Flavio D'Ascenzi, Jonathan Tobis, Roberto Sarnari, Antonio Corno, James Furgerson, Amedeo Chiribiri, Adriana D.M. Villa, Fulvio Orzan, Pedro Brugada, John Jefferies, Pierre Aubry, Jeffrey Towbin, Gaetano Thiene, Robert Tomanek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-06-01
Series:International Journal of Cardiology: Heart & Vasculature
Subjects:
Death, sudden, cardiac
Heart defects, congenital
Sports medicine
Adolescent medicine
Autopsy
Diagnostic screening programs
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352906721000786

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