Cardiac findings in the precompetition medical assessment of football players participating in the 2009 African Under-17 Championships in Algeria

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 716-721

  Schmied, C ^a   Zerguini, Y ^b   Junge, A ^c   Tscholl, P ^c   Pelliccia, A ^d   Mayosi, B M ^e   Dvorak, Jiri ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Centre d'Evaluation et d'Expertise en Medecine du Sport   (Algeria)

^c FIFA MEDICAL CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE   (Switzerland)

^d Italian National Olympic Committee   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AORTA ROOT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY SURFACE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; ECG ABNORMALITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; EXERCISE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FIRST DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; FOLLOW UP; FOOTBALL; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART PALPITATION; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; HYPERVENTILATION; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; P WAVE; PR INTERVAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; Q WAVE; QRS COMPLEX; QT INTERVAL; SCREENING; SECOND DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; ST SEGMENT; SUDDEN DEATH; SYSTOLE; T WAVE; T WAVE INVERSION; THORAX PAIN; WOLFF PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ALGERIA; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RISK FACTORS; SOCCER;

EID: 70049109808     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2009.064196     Document Type: Article

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