Electrocardiograms of collegiate football athletes

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-42

  Crouse, Stephen F ^a   Meade, Thomas ^b   Hansen, Brent E ^a   Green, John S ^a   Martin, Steven E ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrocardiogram; Exercise testing; Sports medicine

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECG ABNORMALITY; FOOTBALL; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; P WAVE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QT INTERVAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; ST SEGMENT; T WAVE; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WOLFF PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; MALE; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58449132653     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.20452     Document Type: Article

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