The 5-Minute Screening Echocardiogram for Athletes

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 786-788

  Wyman, Rachael A ^a   Chiu, Regina Y ^a   Rahko, Peter S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Athlete screening; Preparticipation screening; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PREPARTICIPATION SCREENING; PULMONARY VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; SCREENING TEST; SUDDEN DEATH; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPORTS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 45849084295     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2007.11.013     Document Type: Article

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