Sudden cardiac death in young athletes

BMJ

Volumn 337, Issue 7661, 2008, Pages 61-62

  Drezner, Jonathan A ^a   Khan, Karim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DYSPNEA; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEART DEATH; HEART PALPITATION; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SPORT; SUDDEN DEATH; SYNCOPE; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 47749134186     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.a309     Document Type: Editorial

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