Clinical significance of abnormal electrocardiographic patterns in trained athletes

Circulation

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 278-284

  Pelliccia, Antonio ^a,d   Maron, Barry J ^b   Culasso, Franco ^c   Di Paolo, Fernando M ^a   Spataro, Antonio ^a   Biffi, Alessandro ^a   Caselli, Giovanni ^a   Piovano, Paola ^a  

^a Italian National Olympic Committee   (Italy)

^b MINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d Institute of Sports Science   (Italy)

Author keywords

12 lead ECG; Athlete's heart; Echocardiography; Screening for cardiovascular diseases

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 0034682590     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.102.3.278     Document Type: Article

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