Risk for sudden cardiac death associated with marathon running

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 428-431

  Maron, Barry J ^a,b   Poliac, Liviu C ^a   Roberts, William O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORONARY RISK; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARATHON RUNNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 0030220063     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(96)00137-4     Document Type: Article

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