Cost-effectiveness and diagnostic accuracy of focused cardiac ultrasound in the pre-participation screening of athletes: the SPORT-FoCUS Study.

Geza HalaszBruno CapelliAlessia NardecchiaMattia CattaneoTiziano CassinaVincenzo BiasiniDavide BarbieriMichele VillaMatteo BeltramiFrancesco PeroneMatteo VillaniMatteo BadiniFederico GervasiMassimo PiepoliGabriele Via

Published in: European journal of preventive cardiology (2023)

The implementation of FoCUS into the PPS allows to identify a significantly greater number of athletes at risk of SCD and markedly lowers the false negative rate. Furthermore, the incorporation of FoCUS into the screening process has shown to be cost-effective.

Keyphrases

healthcare
primary care
magnetic resonance imaging
physical activity
left ventricular
high school
heart failure
quality improvement
computed tomography
ultrasound guided