CAN COMPUTER GENERATED ECG INTERPRETATIONS BE RELIED UPON WHEN PERFORMING LARGE SCALE ECG SCREENING OF YOUNG ADULT ATHLETES?

ECG screening in athletes: optional or mandatory?

years bear a potential for arrhythmias, atrial fibrillation or a 20-fold higher possibility of SCD than female athletes. Ruwald et al. [6] showed recently in the European Heart Journal (EHJ, April 2015) that competitive sport is associated with a twofold increased risk of ventricular arrhythmias/death when compared with inactive patients and with patients who participated in recreational sport....

Should Preparticipation Cardiovascular Screening of Athletes Include ECG? Yes: Screening ECG Is Cost-Effective.

Can self-reported height and weight be relied upon?

AIMS To assess whether self-reported height and weight [and body mass index (BMI)] can be used in workplace health promotion campaigns. METHODS Volunteers were instructed how to measure their weight, height and waist circumference (WC). Self-reported values were compared with direct measurements. Accuracy was assessed using simple (self-report - actual) and percentage difference [(self-report...

Cost Implications of Using Different ECG Criteria for Screening Young Athletes in the United Kingdom.

BACKGROUND High false-positive rates and cost of additional investigations are an obstacle to electrocardiographic (ECG) screening of young athletes for cardiac disease. However, ECG screening costs have never been systematically assessed in a large cohort of athletes. OBJECTIVE This study investigated the costs of ECG screening in athletes according to the 2010 European Society of Cardiology...

sudden cardiac death in athletes: is universal ecg screening plausible?