Oxborough, D, Augustine, D, Gati, S, George, KP, Harkness, A, Mathew, T, Papadakis, M, Ring, L, Robinson, S, Sandoval, J, Sarwar, R, Sharma, S, Sharma, V, Sheikh, N, Somauroo, J, Stout, M, Willis, J and Zaidi, A (2018) 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. Echo Research and Practice, 5 (1). ISSN 2055-0464

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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.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	athletes heart; cardiac screening; echocardiography
Subjects:	R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC1200 Sports Medicine
Divisions:	Sport & Exercise Sciences
Publisher:	Bio Scientifica
Related URLs:	Author
Date Deposited:	05 Apr 2018 09:52
Last Modified:	04 Sep 2021 02:47
DOI or ID number:	10.1530/ERP-17-0075
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/8414

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