An echocardiographic assessment of cardiac morphology and common ECG findings in teenage professional soccer players: Reference ranges for use in screening

Heart

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 649-654

  Somauroo, J D ^a   Pyatt, J R ^a   Jackson, M ^a   Perry, R A ^a   Ramsdale, D R ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac morphology; ECG findings; Echocardiography; Professional soccer players

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034763984     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heart.85.6.649     Document Type: Article

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