Risk of sudden cardiac death in young athletes: Which screening strategies are appropriate?

Pediatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1421-1441

  Bader, Rima S ^a   Goldberg, Linn ^a   Sahn, David J ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); CARDIAC MYOSIN; COLLAGEN; ELASTIN; TROPOMYOSIN; TROPONIN;

AORTA RUPTURE; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC HEART SYNDROME; BASKETBALL; BETA CHAIN; CARDIOMEGALY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CELL DEATH; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 14; CHROMOSOME 15; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COXSACKIE VIRUS B; CROSS LINKING; DNA DETERMINATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GENE MUTATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; ITALY; LEGAL ASPECT; LONG QT SYNDROME; MEDICAL ETHICS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SCREENING TEST; SKIING; SUDDEN DEATH; VIRUS MYOCARDITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; CHILD; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ETHICS, CLINICAL; HUMANS; MYOCARDITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; SPORTS; SYNDROME;

EID: 4344675145     PISSN: 00313955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2004.04.005     Document Type: Review

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