Sudden cardiac death in young athletes: Trying to find the needle in the haystack

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 335-342

  Ng, Benton ^a   Maginot, Kathleen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATHLETE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CATECHOLAMINERGIC POLYMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; JUVENILE; MORBIDITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QT PROLONGATION; REVIEW; SCREENING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINUS NODE DYSFUNCTION; SUDDEN DEATH; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; THORAX PAIN; WEAKNESS; WOLFF PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MASS SCREENING; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SPORTS;

EID: 35848945888     PISSN: 10981861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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