Sudden cardiac death in athletes: Can it be prevented by screening?

Herz

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 259-266

  Corrado, Domenico ^a,b   Migliore, Federico ^a   Bevilacqua, Michela ^a   Basso, Cristina ^a   Thiene, Gaetano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; ECG; Sports cardiology; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALGORITHM; ANAMNESIS; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHANNELOPATHY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FAMILY HISTORY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART PREEXCITATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MYOCARDITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUDDEN DEATH; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; EXERCISE TEST; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HUMANS; ITALY; MASS SCREENING; SPORTS;

EID: 67650781964     PISSN: 03409937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00059-009-3236-3     Document Type: Article

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