Preparticipation cardiovascular evaluation for athletic participants to prevents sudden death: author ’s reply

We thank Dr Herbert L öllgen for his letter1 and interesting remarks regarding our recently published position paper.2 We agree with most of his comments and, indeed, firmly believe that proper measures need to be taken to foster a safe participation in exercise programmes and competitive sport. Yet we would like to address some of his comments on the performance of the exercise test and the role of exercise as a ‘disease promoter’.
Source: Europace - Category: Cardiology Source Type: research