The prevalence of common cardiovascular diseases among 17-year-old Israeli conscripts

Cardiology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 6-9

  Bar Dayan, Yaron ^a   Elishkevits, Keren ^a   Goldstein, Liav ^a   Goldberg, Avishay ^a   Ohana, Nisim ^a   Onn, Erez ^a   Levi, Yehezkel ^a   Bar Dayan, Yosefa ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Cardiovascular disease; Congenital valvular heart disease; Mitral valve prolapse; Screening syncope

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART PREEXCITATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISRAEL; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MORBIDITY; MYOCARDITIS; PERICARDITIS; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYNCOPE; TACHYCARDIA; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PREVALENCE;

EID: 23944515729     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000086046     Document Type: Article

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