Background: The Ministry of Health in Poland recommends electrocardiogram (ECG)-based
cardiovascular screening in athletes, but so far there has been a lack of guidelines on …

Objective Historically, electrocardiographic (ECG) interpretation criteria for athletes were
only applicable to adults. New international recommendations now account for athletes≤ 16 …

Background Athlete ECG screening has been recommended by several international
sporting bodies; however, a number of controversies remain regarding the accuracy of ECG …

The sports medicine and cardiology communities have debated the role of screening ever
since publication of a 25-year longitudinal study in Italy showed an 89% reduction in the rate …

Both the American Heart Association and the European Society of Cardiology consensus
panel recommendations agree that cardiovascular screening for young competitive athletes …

Background The 12-lead ECG is not only necessary for diagnosing the sports aptitude of
players, but it also provides information on their training condition and cardiovascular …

Sudden death (SD) in young sports participants remains a visible and riveting issue that
continues to command attention in the general public and medical community. 1 While there …

The sudden cardiac death (SCD) of a young athlete is a catastrophic event. To try to prevent
a young SCD the Lausanne cardiac screening protocol has been proposed in 2006. One of …