http://rangelmd.com/2011/03/should-we-screen-teenage-athletes-for-heart-disease/ Because opinions are like sphincters. Everybody has one. Thu, 16 May 2013 23:58:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://rangelmd.com/2011/03/should-we-screen-teenage-athletes-for-heart-disease/comment-page-1/#comment-1104 RangelMD Tue, 15 Mar 2011 21:50:23 +0000 http://rangelmd.com/?p=645#comment-1104 Good points. And another significant risk of this type of mass testing for rare conditions is that those with abnormal EKGs who refuse further testing would likely not be allowed to play or those with slightly abnormal but otherwise low risk conditions would be be allowed to play.

]]> http://rangelmd.com/2011/03/should-we-screen-teenage-athletes-for-heart-disease/comment-page-1/#comment-1098 Michael Kirsch, M.D. Tue, 15 Mar 2011 11:46:33 +0000 http://rangelmd.com/?p=645#comment-1098 Another fine Rangel post. The rarity of the condition means that a ‘positive’ cardiac screening test is much more likely to be spurious, generating anxiety and additional unnecessary testing. Would it save anyone? Hard to say. Would it put many healthy young athletes at risk of excessive medical testing? Definitely.

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