The Evaluation of Cardiac Complaints in Marathon Runners

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 369-376

  Sanchez, Leon D ^a   Pereira, Jayson ^a   Berkoff, David J ^b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac; dysrhythmia; marathon; runner; syncope

Indexed keywords

ENZYME;

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARATHON RUNNER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC, FAMILIAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; PERICARDITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RUNNING; SPORTS; SYNCOPE; UNITED STATES; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 64849115115     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.09.029     Document Type: Article

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