EKGs are not part of routine athlete screening

Cardiologist Dr. Wes updates us on the recent AHA recommendations:

So, although the EKG is out, practitioners must not forget to take a thorough personal and family history, listen for murmurs, check the blood pressure from the arm, check for femoral pulses in the legs (to exclude coarctation of the aorta), and note physical characteristics of Marfan’s Syndrome.

Will this be applied? Likely not. Many are already doing routine, defensive, echocardiograms to screen athletes.