Cardiac arrest and sudden death in competitive athletes with arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 1 II, 1998, Pages 331-335

  Furlanello, F ^a,e   Bertoldi, A ^b   Dallago, M ^b   Furlanello, C ^c   Fernando, F ^d   Inama, G ^b   Pappone, C ^a   Chierchia, S ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SANTA CHIARA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c ITC IRST   (Italy)

^d Italian National Olympic Committee   (Italy)

^e NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arrhythmias; ARVD; Athletes; Cardiac arrest; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATHLETE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEFIBRILLATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; CAUSALITY; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SPORTS;

EID: 0031882910     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb01116.x     Document Type: Article

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