Casasco: “Sudden deaths: useful screening for athletes and national health system”

Maurizio Casasco, president of the Italian and European sports medical federation, attended the scientific event at the Embassy of Italy in London, during which FMSI Sports Medicine Specialists confronted themselves on the theme of sudden deaths with cardiologists and British sports doctors.

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“The certification of suitability for sports has a great value in terms of prevention because it allows to identify potential risk factors or minor pathologies, even not counterbuing the sporting practice, but whose timely diagnosis leads to obvious benefits for the state of health e The quality of life of the individual and a consequent savings for the national health service and the insurance system “, the words of Casasco in the symposium co-organized by the FMSI and the embassy of Italy in London, with the direct collaboration of Lord Polak, Member of the Lords Chamber. “This event testifies to the value of the Italian Sports Medicine model recognized all over the world – underlines Casasco – Italy is the only country to have national laws for the certification of suitability for sports and, in the case of the competitive practice , is issued exclusively by the Sports Medicine specialist, which evaluates the specific sports risk in the race and in training. The only scientific society of Sports Medicine recognized by the Ministry of Health, in collaboration with cardiological companies. 100 thousand “.

Ambassador to London

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The Symposium is part of the painting of the Memorandum of Undersanding of bilateral collaboration signed by Italy and the United Kingdom in 2023 and which encourages the dialogue between medical personnel of the two countries. “I believe a lot in the value of scientific diplomacy – highlights the ambassador Inigo Lambertini – all the more so when, like today, it has such a noble purpose such as that of saving more lives among young sportsmen. They are therefore proud of the embassy In London he has actively contributed to organizing this profitable exchange of experiences between luminaries of cardiology and sports medicine, and the enhancement of the Italian screening model, another of our many excellence worldwide “.