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. 2023 Mar;36(3):335-337.
doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2022.11.004. Epub 2022 Nov 9.

Echocardiographic Reporting of the Aorta in Young Competitive Athletes

Bradley J Petek  1 , Nathaniel Moulson  2 , Christian F Klein  3 , Jonathan A Drezner  4 , Kimberly G Harmon  4 , Stephanie A Kliethermes  5 , Manesh R Patel  6 , Eric M Isselbacher  7 , Aaron L Baggish  1 , Timothy W Churchill  8
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Echocardiographic Reporting of the Aorta in Young Competitive Athletes

Bradley J Petek et al. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2023 Mar.
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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: Dr. Patel is on the Advisory Board of Amgen, Bayer, Janssen, Heartflow, and Medscape and received grant funding from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bayer, Janssen, Heartflow, and Idorsia. Dr. Patel’s research is also supported by the Joel Cournette Foundation for research on athletes’ hearts. Dr. Baggish has received funding from the National Institutes of Health/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the National Football Players Association, and the American Heart Association and receives compensation for his role as team cardiologist from the U.S. Olympic Committee/U.S. Olympic Training Centers, U.S. Soccer, U.S. Rowing, the New England Patriots, the Boston Bruins, the New England Revolution, and Harvard University. Dr. Harmon has stock options for 98point6, for which she is also on the medical advisory board. The remaining authors having nothing to disclose.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Overview of echocardiography reporting of the aorta among 1,523 collegiate athletes. (A) Prevalence of echocardiographic reporting of the aortic root. (B) Prevalence of echocardiographic reporting of the ascending aorta. “Consistent” means echo laboratories reporting on the aorta in ≥75% of cases; “Variable,” echo laboratories reporting on the aorta in 25%–74% of cases; “Infrequent,” echo laboratories reporting on the aorta in <25% of cases.
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