title: Cardiovascular screening and the elite athlete: advances, concepts, controversies, and a view of the future.
abstract: This article addresses programmatic cardiovascular screening and evaluation of the elite athlete at the intercollegiate, national team, professional, and Olympic levels. Although much of this content may apply to high-school and recreational sports at large, it is not specifically designed to address athletes participating in all sports activities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Adult Congenital Heart Clinic, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA 22908-0158, USA. RWB2FB@hscmail.mcc.virginia.edu
authors.forename: Robert W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Battle
authors.forename: Dilaawar J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Mistry
authors.forename: Rohit
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Malhotra
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Macknight
authors.forename: Ethan N
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Saliba
authors.forename: Srijoy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mahapatra
mesh_terms: D056352:Athletes; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000517:prevention & control; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000639:trends*