Sports medicine physical of future could help athletes 'ESCAPE' sudden cardiac death
Saturday, January 25, 2014 - 12:31
in Health & Medicine
A young athlete in seemingly excellent health dies suddenly from a previously undetected cardiovascular condition such as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in nearly every US state annually. Although these conditions can be detected using electrocardiography (ECG) during a screening exam, the American Heart Association recommends against routine use of ECG, because it has a high false-positive rate.