Paediatric specific research:More research focusing on the paediatric athlete is needed. Specific attention should be paid to age, sex, training status and maturation. The development of normative values for cardiac testing which appropriately accounts for body size is fundamental. The creation of an international paediatric athlete registry should be sought.
| Education:Too few paediatricians and paediatric cardiologists are sufficiently trained to provide expert opinion on the paediatric athlete. Certified training pathways and a stronger engagement of paediatric and sport’s governing bodies should be developed. Work towards a child athlete-centred paediatric sports cardiology specialty is merited.
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Clinical practice
| Stakeholder involvement:A synergistic approach for guideline development is needed between paediatric and sports cardiologists, sports medicine physicians, exercise physiologists, policymakers, sporting organisations, coaches and parents. Consideration for the paediatric athlete should be at the centre of guideline development.
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