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Electrocardiography and Preparticipation Screening of Competitive High School Athletes

Barry J. Maron, MD

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Potential Conflicts of Interest: Dr. Maron is the chairperson of the AHA position paper on guidelines for athlete screening (9).
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Potential Conflicts of Interest: Dr. Maron is the chairperson of the AHA position paper on guidelines for athlete screening (9).
IN RESPONSE:
I read with interest Dr. Marek's reaction to my editorial. Unfortunately, my comments seem to have been largely misunderstood. First, the disparity cited between U.S. and Italian physicians performing screening examinations relates specifically to the unique cadre of sports medicine physicians solely dedicated to this program in Italy—a crucial resource that simply does not exist in the United States, making national mandatory ECG screening exceedingly difficult, if not impractical. Second, the sudden death of any young athlete...
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Maron BJ. Electrocardiography and Preparticipation Screening of Competitive High School Athletes. Ann Intern Med. 2010;153:132–133. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-153-2-201007200-00016

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Published: Ann Intern Med. 2010;153(2):132-133.

DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-153-2-201007200-00016

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