Journal article
Cardiac imaging and stress testing asymptomatic athletes to identify those at risk of sudden cardiac death
A La Gerche, AL Baggish, J Knuuti, DL Prior, S Sharma, H Heidbuchel, PD Thompson
Jacc Cardiovascular Imaging | ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC | Published : 2013
Abstract
Sudden cardiac death in young athletes is rare but tragic. The cardiology community is faced with the challenge of providing a sensible strategy for the prevention of SCD while simultaneously reaffirming that the benefits of regular exercise far outweigh potential risks. At present, there is a broad range of screening recommendations dependent upon country, sporting discipline, and competition level. While much recent debate has focused on the efficacy of screening with electrocardiography, a number of sporting bodies also mandate the inclusion of exercise testing and echocardiography in screening protocols. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, coronary calcium scoring and computed tomography..
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Funding Acknowledgements
From the *St Vincent's Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; dagger Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University Hospital Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; double dagger Division of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Turku PET Centre, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland; parallel to Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, St George's, University of London, London, United Kingdom; and the Division of Cardiology, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut. Dr. Heidbuchel has received speakers' fees from Boehringer-Ingelheim, Daiichi Sankyo, Bayer, Pfizer, Sanofi-Aventis, Medtronic, Biotronik, and Merck; unconditional research grants from Medtronic, Biotronik, Boston Scientific, St. Jude Medical, and AstraZeneca; and collaborative research support from Siemens. Dr. Thompson owns stock in General Electric. All other authors have reported that they have no relationships relevant to the contents of this paper to disclose.