Congratulations to the newly selected AMSSM Fellowship Member Liaisons for the 2024-2025 academic year! 👏👏👏

Watched this one from start to end. Incredible game.

Congratulations to all of the future #SportsMedicine fellows who #matched today!! It’s a great career! Fellowship year(s) will go by faster than you can even imagine. AMSSM

Amazing! The Nick of Time Foundation recently held it's 100th heart screen event. 680 youth screened with ECG and all learned CPR/AED in one day! I am honored to work with NickofTimeFoundation and such a dedicated volunteer workforce. #family DP Foundation UW Medicine UW Sports Cardiology

Watching people grow, step-by-step, often makes you not really appreciate the journey till the end. Tyler Lockett ‘s journey was impressive to witness. Another #Seahawk that made me a better professional and man. Thanks, Turtle 🐢

A little warm up prior to our athlete ECG workshop next month AMSSM. What’s the abnormality on this screening ECG of a 19-year-old athlete (if any)? What’s the next step in work up (if one is needed)? What’s the concern (if there is one)? #SportsCardiology #SportMedicine

Concern here is anterior T-wave inversions concerning for arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy. Start with at least echocardiogram. May need more (cardiac MRI, other) depending on suspicion. #SportsCardiology

Another warm up ECG prior to our workshop later this month at AMSSM. What is/are the finding(s) here in this resting screening ECG of an athlete, if any? What’s the next step in workup, if any? #SportsCardiology #SportsMedicine

This shows a junctional escape rhythm. Notice the loss of the p wave part way through the rhythm strip (bottom). This is a normal variant in an asymptomatic athlete, and no further work up is required.

🫀Routine ECG included in these FIFA cardiac screening recommendations. Screening should start at age 12. #SportsCardiology #SportsMedicine Recommendations for cardiac screening and emergency action planning in youth football: a FIFA consensus statement bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/…

Updated (9 years!) data on NCAA athlete sudden cardiac arrest *or* death came out at #AMSSM2025 via Harry L. Galanty, MD Young Investigator Award winner Katherine Wainwright of UW Sports Medicine Fellowship, UW Family Medicine. Prospective study reconfirms high-risk athlete subgroups.🫀#SportsCardiology

Last year, Petek et. al.’s 20-year study showed the incidence of sudden cardiac *death* in NCAA athletes is decreasing. Hopefully, that continues as we get better at identifying, treating, and (hopefully) preventing SCA. More work to do! #SportsCardiology ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CI…

Love for the win.

No cardiac events or deaths in 1300 athlete-years for genetic heart disease genotype (+) / phenotype (-) athletes who continued to participate. Return to play for most athletes who are genotype (+) but phenotype (-) is safe. #SportsMedicine

Wow, what a photo.

Rate of sudden cardiac arrest / death in athletes before & during COVID pandemic was the *SAME*. “Many […] cases shown in social media […] occurred before the pandemic yet claimed COVID-19 infection or vaccination raised the risk...” #SportsCardiology pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39992657/

Important question that often comes up right at the beginning of a season. Even more complicated when the athlete doesn’t have easy access to advanced testing! #SportsCardiology #SportsMedicine

Sudden Cardiac Death Secondary to Acute Aortic Syndromes in Young Athletes in the United States academic.oup.com/eurjpc/article… UW Family Medicine UW Medicine Sport Science Institute

AMSSM’s Dr. Marcia Faustin gave yesterday’s FUTURE Main Stage lecture, sharing her journey as the Co-Head Team Physician for USA Gymnastics.

🚨 Registration is now available for the 2025 International Summit on ECG Interpretation in Athletes! This free conference will examine and discuss the considerations for new ECG interpretation criteria and updated recommendations. 📅 Sept. 25-26 🔗 bjsmlive.bmj.com/about-ecg-inte…