The role of limited echocardiography and electrocardiography in screening physicals for amateur athletes

Military Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 831-834

  Shry, Eric A ^a   Leding, Carl J ^a   Rubal, Bernard J ^a   Eisenhauer, Michael D ^a  

^a BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CARDIOVASCULAR PERFORMANCE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART AUSCULTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SCREENING TEST; SUDDEN DEATH; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 0036800206     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/167.10.831     Document Type: Article

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