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Editorial: Protecting Athletes From Sudden Cardiac Death

In an accompanying editorial, Paul D. Thompson, M.D., of Hartford Hospital and the University of Connecticut, Hartford, and Benjamin D. Levine, M.D., of Presbyterian Hospital and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, discuss the findings regarding pre-participation screening of young athletes.

"The study by Corrado et al provides the best evidence to date supporting the pre-participation screening of athletes and provocative evidence for including ECGs in this process. However, cardiologists and other physicians involved in the evaluation of athletes can take a valuable lesson from Corrado et al, and collaborate to develop a rigorous, comprehensive regional or national registry to study the pre-participation screening process prospectively and directly, and to determine how to implement such programs most effectively and how to manage asymptomatic athletes with cardiac abnormalities detected by the screening process."

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Contact: Gaetano Thiene
gaetano.thiene@unipd.it
JAMA and Archives Journals
3-Oct-2006