Future Programs

Addition of ECG to screenings

Championship Hearts Foundation has added an ECG (electrocardiogram) test in addition to the 2-d echocardiogram, which is helpful in detecting other heart diseases in adolescent patients. 

Addition of Mobile Screening Model

Insight gained from conducting the Early Cardiovascular Screening Pilot for the State of Texas in 2008-09 revealed a need to establish not only the validity and necessity of the screening for all active students, but also to bring the screening to students who might otherwise not have the resources necessary to attend an event at a downtown hospital facility.  Knowledge of whether or not HCM exists in a student athlete can be a life-saving event.Insight gained from conducting the Early Cardiovascular Screening Pilot for the State of Texas in 2008-09 revealed a need to establish not only the validity and necessity of the screening for all active students, but also to bring the screening to students who might otherwise not have the resources necessary to attend an event at a downtown hospital facility.  Knowledge of whether or not HCM exists in a student athlete can be a life-saving event.

The "mobile model" of Championship Hearts Foundation's Young Athlete Heart Screening will take these potentially life-saving screening evaluations to the neighborhoods and communities of Texas where an underserved population of student athletes exists.  Collaborations with established community health clinics to host these events will build upon the trust already held with citizens in those neighborhoods, and also provide a medical resource should further cardiac evaluation be suggested.

More than 10,000 student athletes screened

Championship Hearts Foundation's strength to accomplish its mission of reducing cardiovascular disease is based on the successful screening of over 10,000 students over the past 10 years through collaborations with area hospital facilities, area cardiologists, and a strong volunteer base.  Such collaborators are:

Heart Hospital of Austin

Lone Star Circle of Care

Seton Medical Center, Williamson County

TexSan Heart Hospital

Dell Children's Hospital

St. David's

Children's Cardiology Associates