Prevalence and significance of an isolated long QT interval in elite athletes

European Heart Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 2944-2949

  Basavarajaiah, Sandeep ^a   Wilson, Matthew ^b   Whyte, Gregory ^c   Shah, Ajay ^a   Behr, Elijah ^d   Sharma, Sanjay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEWISHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Olympic Medical Institute   (United Kingdom)

^c LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competitive sports; Congenital long QT syndrome; Elite athletes; Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HEART RATE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; POLYMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; QT PROLONGATION; RELATIVE; SPORT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; PREVALENCE; SPORTS;

EID: 36849065805     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm404     Document Type: Article

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