This greater reliability may be reflected by emerging ECG-screening programs across this country. We at Loyola University Health System are in the process of trying to develop one of the first ECG-screening programs at a medical center. Precedents from ECG guidelines for older athletes may be adaptable to protect pediatric patients; about half of large university athletic programs perform ECG screening. In addition, the majority of professional athletes undergo cardiac evaluations.
Dr. Jayanthi is with the department of family medicine and the department of orthopaedic surgery and rehabilitation and also the medical director of primary care sports medicine at Loyola University Chicago in Maywood, Ill. Dr. Jayanthi said that he had no relevant financial disclosures.