Pre-participation screening of young athletes to prevent sudden cardiac death

International SportMed Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Pigozzi, Fabio ^a   Rizzo, Marta ^a   Maffulli, Nicola ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME FORO ITALICO   (Italy)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; ECG; Echocardiography; Pre participation screening; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350053524     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15283356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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