Assessment of the 12-lead ECG as a screening test for detection of cardiovascular disease in healthy general populations of young people (12-25 Years of Age): a scientific statement from the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology

Circulation. 2014 Oct 7;130(15):1303-34. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000025. Epub 2014 Sep 15.

Authors

Barry J Maron, Richard A Friedman, Paul Kligfield, Benjamin D Levine, Sami Viskin, Bernard R Chaitman, Peter M Okin, J Philip Saul, Lisa Salberg, George F Van Hare, Elsayed Z Soliman, Jersey Chen, G Paul Matherne, Steven F Bolling, Matthew J Mitten, Arthur Caplan, Gary J Balady, Paul D Thompson; American Heart Association Council on Clinical Cardiology, Advocacy Coordinating Committee, Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia, Council on Epidemiology and Prevention, Council on Functional Genomics and Translational Biology, Council on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research, and American College of Cardiology

PMID: 25223981
DOI: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000025

No abstract available

Keywords: AHA Scientific Statements; cardiomyopathy; electro cardiogram; genetics; screening; sudden death.

Publication types

Practice Guideline

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Cardiovascular Diseases / diagnosis*
Cardiovascular Diseases / physiopathology
Child
Electrocardiography / methods*
Humans
Mass Screening / methods*
Young Adult