Sudden cardiac death due to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy can be reduced by pre-participation cardiovascular screening in young athletes

European Heart Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 2152-2153

  Panhuyzen Goedkoop, Nicole M ^a,b   Verheugt, Freek W A ^b  

^a SINT MAARTENSKLINIEK   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ATHLETE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MASS SCREENING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SUDDEN DEATH; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; HUMANS; SPORTS;

EID: 33748787146     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl171     Document Type: Editorial

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