Study: Few Doctors Follow Heart Screening Guidelines

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A recent survey conducted in Washington found less than half of doctors and only 6 percent of athletic directors were aware of the national guidelines for sudden cardiac death risk assessment, and less than 6 percent of doctors fully followed them.

In 2007, the American Heart Association reaffirmed a set of guidelines previously established in 1996, aimed at reducing the number of athletes who die as a result of sudden cardiac arrest, which can occur within minutes of onset. Currently, one out of every 30,000 to 50,000 high school student-athletes are estimate to die each year as result of sudden cardiac arrest, spurring a push for mandatory installation of life-saving automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) in high schools.

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