Regular participation in competitive exercise is associated with cardiac anomalies that can
exist in a high school athletes' heart. The purpose of this quantitative, non-experimental …

School nurses have the responsibility of maintaining the medical files of middle-and high-
school athletes. This includes collecting and monitoring the sports preparticipation physical …

Introduction: Sudden cardiac arrest affects thousands of children annually, and many heart
conditions go undetected by standard child health screens. Cardiac screening of …

Context: Sudden cardiac death in athletes may be preventable if healthcare providers
perform a thorough screening of the cardiovascular system during routine athlete …

Objective: Determine the cardiovascular screening practices of college team physicians.
Design: Cross-sectional survey. Setting: Electronic mail with a link to a 9-item survey …

Background: The development of athlete-specific electrocardiogram (ECG) interpretation
standards, along with recent rates of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in athletes being higher …

Objective To evaluate screening practices and preparticipation evaluation (PPE) forms used
to identify, or raise suspicion of, cardiovascular abnormalities in collegiate student-athletes …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The American Heart Association (AHA) recommends
cardiovascular screening and injury history for all student-athletes to prevent sudden cardiac …

In the absence of a national requirement for cardiovascular screening of competitive high
school and college athletes, some physicians have been vulnerable to lawsuits in the wake …

Objective: To assess the available infrastructure for secondary testing after preparticipation
cardiovascular screening of collegiate athletes. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting …