Protagonist: 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 520-524

  Corrado, Domenico ^a   Thiene, Gaetano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; LONG QT SYNDROME; MORTALITY; MYOCARDITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE CARDIAC CONDUCTION DEFECT; SCREENING TEST; SHORT QT SYNDROME; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPORT; SUDDEN DEATH; WOLFF PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME;

COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; EUROPE; HUMANS; ITALY; MASS SCREENING; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPORTS;

EID: 34247228514     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2007.01.002     Document Type: Article

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