Cardiovascular pre-participation screening of young competitive athletes for prevention of sudden death: proposal for a common European protocol

Corrado, Domenico; Pelliccia, Antonio; Halvor Björnstad, Hans; Vanhees, Luc; Biffi, Alessandro; Börjesson, Mats; M Panhuyzen-Goedkoop, Nicole; Deligiannis, Asterios; Ekker Solberg, Erik; Dugmore, Dorian; P. Mellwig, Klaus; Assanelli, Deodato; Delise, Pietro; van-Buuren, Frank; Anastasakis, Aris; Heidbüchel, Hein; Hoffmann, Ellen; Fagard, Robert; G. Priori, Silvia; Basso, Cristina; Arbustini, Eloisa; Blomström‐Lundqvist, Carina; J. McKenna, William; Thiene, Gaetano

doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehi108

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Cardiovascular pre-participation screening of young competitive athletes for prevention of sudden death: proposal for a common European protocol

Published in European Heart Journal • Feb 2, 2005

Authors:

Domenico Corrado

Antonio Pelliccia

Hans Halvor Björnstad

Abstract

The 1996 American Heart Association consensus panel recommendations stated that pre-participation cardiovascular screening for young competitive athletes is justifiable and compelling on ethical, legal, and medical grounds. The present article represents the consensus statement of the Study Group on...

Subject

Medicine

Athletes

Sudden cardiac death

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