Brief communication: Cardiovascular screening practices of major North American professional sports teams

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 145, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 507-511

  Harris, Kevin M ^a   Sponsel, Austin ^a   Hutter Jr , Adolph M ^b   Maron, Barry J ^a  

^a MINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BASEBALL; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE TEST; FAMILY HISTORY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIPID ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING HABIT; SPORT; SPORTS MEDICINE; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; NORTH AMERICA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; NORTH AMERICA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPORTS;

EID: 33750131856     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-145-7-200610030-00008     Document Type: Article

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