A recent study conducted by Francesco Sofi and his team of researchers at the Institute of Sports Medicine at the University of Florence, said that by including exercise ECG's among the people seeking to take part in competitive sports, people with cardiac abnormalities can be identified.
This would result in prevention of sudden cardiac deaths and save lives. In the United States alone, a young competetive athlete dies every three days from an undetected cardiovascular disorder and in most of these cases the athletes appear healthy and have no previous signs of heart problems.