Differences according to gender in reporting physical symptoms during echocardiographic screening in healthy teenage athletes

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 303-306

  Movahed, Mohammad Reza ^a,b,c,d   Martinez, Adolfo ^a   Morrell, Holly ^c   Greaves, Seaneen ^c   Greaves, Jeff ^c   Sattur, Sudhakar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ARIZONA VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c A Heart For Sports   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Cardiac; Epidemiology; Sport; Sudden death; Valves

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART MURMUR; HEART PALPITATION; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; LEG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT; SPORTING EVENT; SYMPTOM; THORAX PAIN; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

ADOLESCENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SEX FACTORS; SPORTS;

EID: 44649113680     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S104795110800214X     Document Type: Article

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