Screening for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in a young male military population

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1021-1023

  Nistri, Stefano ^b   Thiene, Gaetano ^b   Basso, Cristina ^b   Corrado, Domenico ^b   Vitolo, Antonio ^b   Maron, Barry J ^a  

^a MINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0344407031     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(03)00132-2     Document Type: Article

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