Should ECG be required in young athletes?

The Lancet

Volumn 371, Issue 9623, 2008, Pages 1489-1490

  Chaitman, Bernard R ^a   Fromer, Martin ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Arrhythmia Unit   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSINOGEN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; COMPETITION; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DIASTOLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; EXERCISE; FOLLOW UP; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MORBIDITY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SPORTING EVENT; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SUDDEN DEATH; SYSTOLE; T WAVE; VAGUS TONE;

EID: 43049157771     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60636-4     Document Type: Note

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