Screening for safe sports participation: do for yourself what you tell your patients

1 Maron BJ Douglas PS Graham TP Nishimura RA Thompson PD . Task force 1: preparticipation screening and diagnosis of cardiovascular disease in athletes. J Am Coll Cardiol 2005; 45:1322–1326.

2 Myerburg RJ Vetter VL . Electrocardiograms should be included in preparticipation screening of athletes. Circulation 2007; 116:2616–2626. Discussion 2626.

3 Chaitman BR . Should early acceleration of heart rate during exercise be used to risk stratify patients with suspected or established coronary artery disease? Circulation 2007; 115:430–431.

4 Pelliccia A . The preparticipation cardiovascular screening of competitive athletes: is it time to change the customary clinical practice? Eur Heart J 2007; 28:2703–2705.

5 Corrado D Pelliccia A Bjornstad HH Vanhees L Biffi A Borjesson M Cardiovascular pre-participation screening of young competitive athletes for prevention of sudden death: proposal for a common European protocol. Consensus Statement of the Study Group of Sport Cardiology of the Working Group of Cardiac Rehabilitation and Exercise Physiology and the Working Group of Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases of the European Society of Cardiology. Eur Heart J 2005; 26:516–524.

6 Corrado D Basso C Pavei A Michieli P Schiavon M Thiene G . Trends in sudden cardiovascular death in young competitive athletes after implementation of a preparticipation screening program. JAMA 2006; 296:1593–1601.

7 Maron BJ Shirani J Poliac LC Mathenge R Roberts WC Mueller FO . Sudden death in young competitive athletes. Clinical, demographic, and pathological profiles. JAMA 1996; 276:199–204.

8 Corrado D Basso C Schiavon M Thiene G . Screening for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in young athletes. N Engl J Med 1998; 339:364–369.

9 Ma JZ Dai J Sun B Ji P Yang D Zhang JN . Cardiovascular pre-participation screening of young competitive athletes for prevention of sudden death in China. J Sci Med Sport 2007; 10:227–233.

10 Sharma S Whyte G Elliott P Padula M Kaushal R Mahon N McKenna WJ . Electrocardiographic changes in 1000 highly trained junior elite athletes. Br J Sports Med 1999; 33:319–324.

11 Pelliccia A Maron BJ Culasso F Di Paolo FM Spataro A Biffi A Clinical significance of abnormal electrocardiographic patterns in trained athletes. Circulation 2000; 102:278–284.

12 Pelliccia A Di Paolo FM Quattrini FM Basso C Culasso F Popoli G Outcomes in athletes with marked ECG repolarization abnormalities. N Engl J Med 2008; 358:152–161.

13 Pelliccia A Culasso F Di Paolo FM Accettura D Cantore R Castagna W Prevalence of abnormal electrocardiograms in a large, unselected population undergoing pre-participation cardiovascular screening. Eur Heart J 2007; 28:2006–2010.

14 Borjesson M Assanelli D Carre F Dugmore D Panhuyzen-Goedkoop NM Seiler C ESC Study Group of Sports Cardiology: recommendations for participation in leisure-time physical activity and competitive sports for patients with ischaemic heart disease. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 2006; 13:137–149.

15 Heidbuchel H Corrado D Biffi A Hoffmann E Panhuyzen-Goedkoop N Hoogsteen J Recommendations for participation in leisure-time physical activity and competitive sports of patients with arrhythmias and potentially arrhythmogenic conditions. Part II: ventricular arrhythmias, channelopathies and implantable defibrillators. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 2006; 13:676–686.

16 Pelliccia A Fagard R Bjornstad HH Anastassakis A Arbustini E Assanelli D Recommendations for competitive sports participation in athletes with cardiovascular disease: a consensus document from the Study Group of Sports Cardiology of the Working Group of Cardiac Rehabilitation and Exercise Physiology and the Working Group of Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases of the European Society of Cardiology. Eur Heart J 2005; 26:1422–1445.