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Feasibility and diagnostic performance of including point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in preparticipation screening of young competitive athletes.

Authors :
Fabregat-Andrés Ó
Pina-Buded S
Valverde-Navarro AA
Source :
Cardiology in the young [Cardiol Young] 2020 Dec; Vol. 30 (12), pp. 1970-1972. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Sep 30.
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

Optimal pre-participative screening in young athletes is still controversial. We sought to evaluate the strategy of including point-of-care ultrasound to electrocardiogram. In total, 1188 young competitive athletes were screened in different sports institutions. This proved to be a useful strategy by improving diagnostic performance primarily with respect to detect structural abnormalities and also by minimising positive false cases of electrocardiogram alone.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1467-1107
Volume :
30
Issue :
12
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Cardiology in the young
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
32993839
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1017/S1047951120003145