Antagonist: Routine screening of all athletes prior to participation in competitive sports should be mandatory to prevent sudden cardiac death

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 525-528

  Viskin, Sami ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHANNELOPATHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE; EXTRASYSTOLE; FATALITY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; LAW SUIT; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SPORT; SUDDEN DEATH;

COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; HUMANS; MALPRACTICE; MASS SCREENING; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RISK FACTORS; SPORTS;

EID: 34247213824     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2007.01.003     Document Type: Article

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