Long-term Italian experience has provided evidence that systematic pre-participation screening, with 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) history and physical examination, is effective in identifying athletes with potentially lethal cardiovascular disease and actually saves lives. However, concerns have been raised about the cost-effectiveness of screening because of the high level of false-positive...

Abstract Introduction Brugada syndrome (BrS) is a genetic disorder with characteristic pattern on the electrocardiogram (ECG) that predisposes to lethal arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death (SCD). Precise diagnosis therefore mandatory. Aims We evaluated feasibility accuracy of smartwatch in recording multiple ECG leads detecting ST-segment changes diagnostic for BrS both basal condition after a...