Outcomes of Cardiac Screening in Adolescent Soccer Players.
Aneil MalhotraHarshil DhutiaGherardo FinocchiaroSabiha GatiIan BeasleyPaul CliftCharlotte CowieAntoinette KennyJamil MayetDavid OxboroughKiran PatelGuido PielesDhrubo RakhitDavid RamsdaleLeonard ShapiroJohn SomaurooGraham StuartAmanda VarnavaJohn WalshZaheer YousefMaite TomeMichael PapadakisSanjay SharmaPublished in: The New England journal of medicine (2018)
Diseases that are associated with sudden cardiac death were identified in 0.38% of adolescent soccer players in a cohort that underwent cardiovascular screening. The incidence of sudden cardiac death was 1 per 14,794 person-years, or 6.8 per 100,000 athletes; most of these deaths were due to cardiomyopathies that had not been detected on screening. (Funded by the English Football Association and others.).