Prospective screening of 5,615 high school athletes for risk of sudden cardiac death

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1131-1138

  Fuller, Colin M ^a   Mcnulty, Candace M ^b   Spring, Donald A ^b   Arger, Kosta M ^b   Bruce, Stephen S ^b   Chryssos, Basil E ^b   Drummer, Eric M ^b   Kelley, Frank P ^b   Newmark, Michael J ^b   Whipple, Gerald H ^b  

^a Sierra Nevada Cardiology Associates   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Preparticipation screening; Sports deaths; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART AUSCULTATION; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; SCREENING; SPORT; SUDDEN DEATH; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR ABNORMALITIES; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; SPORTS;

EID: 0030967903     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199709000-00003     Document Type: Article

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