Screening bij sporters is niet wenselijk

The sudden demise of an athlete invariably leads to calls for prevention. Although few screening programmes live up to expectations, the 2005 European Society of Cardiology consensus statement contains a recommendation for routine pre-participation screening of asymptomatic young athletes. As the incidence of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in this group is very low (

Conflict of interest: the institution for which A. Mosterd works has received grants from facilities associated with the Meander Medical Centre for designing the study, called ‘Measuring Athlete’s Risk of Cardiovascular Events (MARC)’. Financial support for this article: none declared.