Prevalence of abnormal electrocardiograms in a large, unselected population undergoing pre-participation cardiovascular screening

European Heart Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 2006-2010

  Pelliccia, Antonio ^a   Culasso, Franco ^b   Di Paolo, Fernando M ^a   Accettura, Domenico ^c   Cantore, Rocco ^d   Castagna, Walter ^e   Ciacciarelli, Alberto ^f   Costini, Gioberto ^g   Cuffari, Biagio ^h   Drago, Enrico ⁱ   Federici, Vittorio ^j   Gribaudo, Carlo Gabriele ^k   Iacovelli, Giancarlo ^l   Landolfi, Luigi ^m   Menichetti, Giuseppe ⁿ   Atzeni, Umberto Olla ^o   Parisi, Attilio ^p   Pizzi, Angelo R ^c   Rosa, Michele ^q   Santelli, Fabio ^r   Santilio, Franco ^s   Vagnini, Alberto ^t   Casasco, Maurizio ^u   Di Luigi, Luigi ^v   more..

^a Italian National Olympic Committee   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c Italian Federation of Sports Medicine   (Italy)

^d Italian Federation of Sports Medicine   (Italy)

^e Italian Federation of Sports Medicine   (Italy)

^f Clinica Medica Policlinico   (Italy)

^g Sports Medicine Clinic   (Italy)

^h Italian Federation of Sports Medicine   (Italy)

ⁱ Italian Federation of Sports Medicine   (Italy)

^j Italian Federation of Sports Medicine   (Italy)

^k Sports Medicine Institute   (Italy)

^l Italian Federation of Sports Medicine   (Italy)

^m Sports Medicine Clinic   (Italy)

ⁿ Italian Federation of Sports Medicine   (Italy)

^o Italian Federation of Sports Medicine   (Italy)

^p Italian Federation of Sports Medicine   (Italy)

^q Sports Medicine Clinic   (Italy)

^r Sports Medicine Clinic   (Italy)

^s Italian Federation of Sports Medicine   (Italy)

^t Italian Federation of Sports Medicine   (Italy)

^u UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^v UNIVERSITY OF ROME FORO ITALICO   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

Electrocardiogram; Pre participation screening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BASKETBALL; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT ANTERIOR BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PR INTERVAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QT PROLONGATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SPORT; SWIMMING; T WAVE; VOLLEYBALL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CHILD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ITALY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SPORTS;

EID: 35348897973     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm219     Document Type: Article

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