Screening for potentially fatal heart disease in children and teenagers

Heart

Volumn 95, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 2040-2046

  Wren, Christopher ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT DISEASE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CATECHOLAMINERGIC POLYMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; INCIDENCE; LONG QT SYNDROME; MARFAN SYNDROME; MASS SCREENING; MYOCARDITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SUDDEN DEATH; WOLFF PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CHILD; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MARFAN SYNDROME; MASS SCREENING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 71749097273     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2009.172858     Document Type: Review

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