Medical check-ups are essential for preventing various accidents occurring during exercise. Especially, those for preventing cardiac events including cardiac sudden death are important from the practical standpoint. However, its common system has not been established. So, the cause of cardiac events during sports was reviewed in young and old age group and a medical check-ups system for based on its actual state was proposed. The main cardiac diseases for medical check-ups are myocarditis, MCLS, congenital heart disease, idiopathic cardiomyopathy and long QT syndrome in young age group. As contrasted to this, coronary artery disease is most important in old age group. From this background, echocardiography should be more routinely used for it in young age group and exercise stress test should be more frequently used for old age group than at the present time. And various different protocols should be further developed for different items of sports.

DESCENTE SPORTS SCIENCE Vol.1/THE DESCENTE AND ISHIMOTO MEMORIAL FOUNDATION FOR THE PROMOTION SPORTS SCIENCE