Preparticipation Cardiac Evaluation from the Pediatric Perspective

Card Electrophysiol Clin. 2024 Mar;16(1):1-14. doi: 10.1016/j.ccep.2023.09.003.

Abstract

Each year millions of children and adolescents undergo sports preparticipation evaluations (PPEs) before participating in organized sports. A primary aim of the PPE is to screen for risk factors associated with sudden cardiac death. This article is designed to summarize the current thoughts on the PPE with a specific slant toward the pediatric and early adolescent evaluation and how these evaluations may differ from those in adults.

Keywords: Adolescent; Pediatric; Preparticipation examination; Sports cardiology; Sudden cardiac death.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Child
  • Death, Sudden, Cardiac / prevention & control
  • Humans
  • Physical Examination*
  • Risk Factors
  • Sports*