Comments on: My response to "screening" EKG’s http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/07/my-response-to-screening-ekgs.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Justinhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/07/my-response-to-screening-ekgs.html#comment-83747 Justin Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:58:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/07/my-response-to-screening-ekgs.html#comment-83747 The statement above is FALSE. The latest research says the EKG is the best initial marker of HCM, whereas echo is the best at diagnosis once LVH has manifested. <br/><br/>See Corrado et al, Eur Heart Journal 2005, Cardiovascular Pre-Participation Screening..., and see British Journal of Sports Medicine, 18 Jan 2008; Conclusion: Family and personal history are inadequate and EKG is PARAMOUNT! The statement above is FALSE. The latest research says the EKG is the best initial marker of HCM, whereas echo is the best at diagnosis once LVH has manifested.

See Corrado et al, Eur Heart Journal 2005, Cardiovascular Pre-Participation Screening…, and see British Journal of Sports Medicine, 18 Jan 2008; Conclusion: Family and personal history are inadequate and EKG is PARAMOUNT!

]]> By: Mikehttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/07/my-response-to-screening-ekgs.html#comment-77510 Mike Wed, 11 Jul 2007 01:32:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/07/my-response-to-screening-ekgs.html#comment-77510 ECHO! Not EKG. ECHO! Not EKG.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/07/my-response-to-screening-ekgs.html#comment-77477 Anonymous Tue, 10 Jul 2007 17:54:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/07/my-response-to-screening-ekgs.html#comment-77477 I read somewhere that EKG's may detect signs of the hypertrophic septal cardiomyopathy that presents as sudden death in teenagers, and that it might not be a bad idea to add them to an athletic physical. I am a pathologist so this is hardly my specialty, but I have a teenager. True or false? I read somewhere that EKG’s may detect signs of the hypertrophic septal cardiomyopathy that presents as sudden death in teenagers, and that it might not be a bad idea to add them to an athletic physical. I am a pathologist so this is hardly my specialty, but I have a teenager. True or false?

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