Soccer world championship: A challenge for the cardiologist

European Heart Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 150-153

  Baumhäkel, Magnus ^a   Kindermann, Michael ^a   Kindermann, Ingrid ^a   Böhm, Michael ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular event; Cardiovascular risk; Football; Soccer

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPETITION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORTS MEDICINE; SUDDEN DEATH; TAKO SUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SOCCER; SPORTS MEDICINE;

EID: 33847045178     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl313     Document Type: Review

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