Cardiovascular pre-participation screening of young competitive athletes for prevention of sudden death in China

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 227-233

  Ma, Ji Zheng ^a   Dai, Jian ^a   Sun, Biao ^b   Ji, Peng ^a   Yang, Di ^a   Zhang, Ji Nan ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Nanjing Sport Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Athletes; Echocardiography; Electrocardiography; Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINA; CHINESE; COMPETITION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE SIZE; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHINA; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; SPORTS;

EID: 34249687113     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2006.07.001     Document Type: Article

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