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Poster
Description
• Sudden cardiac death (SCD) among athletes can be attributed to increased cardiovascular demands associated with vigorous exercise.
• The majority of athletes who experience sudden cardiac death are asymptomatic.
• Pre-participation history and physicals, (H&P) help to identify underlying cardiovascular disorders with the potential to increase the risk of SCD in an athlete.
• The efficacy of pre-participation H&Ps to identify underlying cardiac etiology has been debated.
• The purpose of this research is to:
---Determine incidence and cause of SCD among athletes (Table 1).
---Determine the efficacy and evidenced-based criteria for the interpretation of ECGs in athletes.
---Evaluate cost-effectiveness of screening with ECG.
• The findings indicate:
---Incidence of SCD is 1-3/100,000 athletes.
---The addition of ECG to the H&P improves sensitivity to 70% and specificity to 94.1% resulting in early detection of cardiac abnormalities and decreases the incidence of SCD.
---The refined criteria significantly reduces false-positive rates for ECG interpretation (p<0.0001).
---The ECG saves an additional 2.1 life years/1000 athletes screened at a cost of $88.
Department
Physician Assistant Studies
Degree Name
Master of Physician Assistant Studies (MPAS)
First Advisor
Vikki McCleary
Publication Date
2015
Keywords
Athletes; Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic -- diagnosis; Cost-Benefit Analysis -- economics; Death, Sudden, Cardiac -- prevention & control; Electrocardiography; Mass Screening; Predictive Value of Tests; Sports Medicine -- economics
Disciplines
Cardiovascular Diseases | Sports Medicine
Recommended Citation
William, Cody, "The Efficacy of Electrocardiograms as a Screening Tool to Detect Cardiac Abnormalities in Young Athletes" (2015). Physician Assistant Scholarly Project Posters. 110.
https://commons.und.edu/pas-grad-posters/110