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Athletic Heart in Action
Athletic Heart partners with professional leagues, teams, and organizations to deliver comprehensive cardiovascular screening programs for athletes at every level. This playlist highlights real-world implementation across sports — from large-scale combines to retired player health initiatives — focused on prevention, performance, and long-term cardiac care.
Athlete Performance & Testing
A closer look at the performance testing and physiological evaluation used with elite athletes. These videos explore VO2 max testing, stress testing, and cardiovascular performance assessment in high-performance sports environments.
About Athletic Heart
Learn more about Athletic Heart’s mission, methodology, and approach to sports cardiology. This playlist introduces the organization, the experts behind it, and the systems designed to support athlete heart health through comprehensive screening and care.
NEWS
Cardiac Evaluation of Paediatric Athletes
The first European paediatric athlete screening consensus recommends cardiac evaluations beginning no later than age 12, including medical history, physical examination, and ECG screening. The statement introduces pediatric-specific ECG interpretation standards and emphasizes early detection, expert evaluation, and emergency preparedness to reduce sudden cardiac death risk in young athletes.
Medical Malpractice Claims for Sports Cardiology Cases Among Young Athletes
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A new JACC Advances study found that medical malpractice claims involving young athletes and cardiac events are rare, but often tied to delayed emergency response or missed diagnoses. The findings reinforce the importance of CPR/AED preparedness, rapid action plans, and accurate cardiovascular screening in sport.
SOCIALS
“We have worked together with Athletic Heart for a number of years performing cardiovascular screenings as an important part of our pre-participation physical examination with every student-athlete. The quality of the screenings are excellent and their staff are highly professional and work very well in conjunction with our medical staff.”
— Ron Courson
UGA
Senior Associate Athletic Director – Sports Medicine