Defining the Process of a Cardiovascular Risk Assessment Program: Lessons Learned From Cardiac Assessment of Elite Soccer Players in the United Kingdom.

Objective: Retrospectively analyze the cardiac assessment process for elite soccer players, and provide team physicians with a systematic guide to managing longitudinal cardiac risk.

Design: Descriptive Epidemiology Study.

Setting: Cardiac assessments incorporating clinical examination, 12-lead ECG, echocardiography, and health questionnaire.