Electrocardiographic screening in athletes: The time is now for universal screening

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 663-668

  Papadakis, M ^a,b   Sharma, S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEWISHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA COARCTATION; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ATHLETE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FAMILY HISTORY; FATIGUE; FIRST DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MURMUR; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MARFAN SYNDROME; MASS SCREENING; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; P WAVE; PROGRESSIVE CARDIAC CONDUCTION DEFECT; QRS COMPLEX; QT INTERVAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SHORT QT SYNDROME; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; ST SEGMENT; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SUDDEN DEATH; SYNCOPE; T WAVE; T WAVE INVERSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; SPORTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69949169387     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2008.054874     Document Type: Review

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