Athens, athletes, and arrhythmias: The cardiologist's dilemma

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1059-1061

  Soejima, Kyoko ^a,b   Stevenson, William G ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Brigham Women's Hosp   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE MARKER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EXERCISE TEST; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; NOTE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 4444296369     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2004.06.021     Document Type: Editorial

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