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Preparticipation cardiovascular screening in young athletes
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Correspondence to N M Panhuyzen-Goedkoop, Sports Medical Center Papendal, Arnhem, The Netherlands; n.panhuyzen@smcp.nl
Accepted 7 July 2009
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The sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy young athlete is relatively uncommon (0.5–2.1/100 000 athletes per year), but the catastrophic nature of these events mandates the medical community to adopt more widespread and extensive preparticipation cardiovascular screening (PPS).1 2
PPS in young athletes (<35 years old) is a systemic method to identify athletes at risk for life-threatening cardiovascular events.3 Excluding these athletes from competitive sports participation leads to a reduction in the incidence of exercise related sudden cardiac death (SCD).3 According to the Italian law all young competitive athletes (about 10% of the population) have been screened in a nationwide screening program in Italy for over 25 years. In the Veneto region in northern Italy, this resulted in a decrease of SCD among young athletes of 89% (from 3.6/100 000 per year in 1979 to 0.4/100 000 athletes per year in 2004).3 This reduction was predominantly attributed to identification
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