Box 1.

How to detect diseases at risk through cardiological screening

First level: personal and family history, physical examination, 12 lead ECG
Second level: non-invasive tools (stress test, holter monitoring, signal averaged ECG, echo, CMR, angio CT)
Third level: invasive tools (coronary angiography, electriophysiologic study, electroanatomic mapping, endomyocardial biopsy), genetic screening
  • CMR = cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging; CT = computerised tomography; ECG = electrocardiogram