“Courtside with the Chair” is a series within CardiaCast presented by the Sports and Exercise Cardiology Member Section covering topics within the field of sports and exercise cardiology. In this episode, Dr. Jonathan Kim is joined by Drs. Peter Dean, Keri Shafer, and Jonathan Edelson to discuss the emergence of Pediatric Sports Cardiology. Dr. Kim moderates the discussion about important issues within pediatric sports cardiology that differentiates from the clinical thinking around adult athletes. The conversation over two parts focuses on the need for the field of pediatric sports cardiology, what defines a ‘pediatric athlete’, considerations for screening this population, differences with shared decision-making compared to adult athletes, and gaps in knowledge. 

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