Focused physician-performed echocardiography in sports medicine: a potential screening tool for detecting aortic root dilatation in athletes.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate whether sports medicine physicians can obtain accurate measurements of the aortic root in young athletes.

Methods: Twenty male collegiate athletes, aged 18 to 21 years, were prospectively enrolled. Focused echocardiography was performed by a board-certified sports medicine physician and a medical student, followed by comprehensive echocardiography within 2 weeks by a cardiac sonographer.

Focused transthoracic echocardiography by sports medicine physicians: measurements relevant to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate whether sports medicine physicians can use portable echocardiography to obtain measurements pertinent to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

Methods: Thirty male collegiate athletes, aged 18 to 21 years, were prospectively enrolled. Focused portable echocardiography was performed by a board-certified sports medicine physician and a resident physician, followed by comprehensive echocardiography within 2 weeks by a registered diagnostic cardiac sonographer.