Screening for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in young athletes

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 339, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 364-369

  Corrado, Domenico ^a   Basso, Cristina ^a   Schiavon, Maurizio ^b   Thiene, Gaetano ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b National Health Service   (Italy)

^c Istituto di Anatomia Patologica   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPORTS;

EID: 0032491031     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199808063390602     Document Type: Article

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