A Guideline Update for the Practice of Echocardiography in the Cardiac Screening of Sports Participants: a Joint Policy Statement from the British Society of Echocardiography and Cardiac Risk in the Young

Overview

Journal Echo Res Pract

Date 2018 Mar 20

PMID 29551755

Citations 23

Authors

David Oxborough

Daniel Augustine

Sabiha Gati

Keith George

Allan Harkness

Thomas Mathew

Michael Papadakis

Liam Ring

Shaun Robinson

Julie Sandoval

Rizwan Sarwar

Sanjay Sharma

Vishal Sharma

Nabeel Sheikh

John Somauroo

Martin Stout

James Willis

Abbas Zaidi

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Abstract

Sudden cardiac death (SCD) in an athlete is a rare but tragic event. In view of this, pre-participation cardiac screening is mandatory across many sporting disciplines to identify those athletes at risk. Echocardiography is a primary investigation utilized in the pre-participation setting and in 2013 the British Society of Echocardiography and Cardiac Risk in the Young produced a joint policy document providing guidance on the role of echocardiography in this setting. Recent developments in our understanding of the athlete's heart and the application of echocardiography have prompted this 2018 update.

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