Recommendations for interpretation of 12-lead electrocardiogram in the athlete

European Heart Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 243-259

  Corrado, Domenico ^a   Pelliccia, Antonio ^b   Heidbuchel, Hein ^c   Sharma, Sanjay ^d   Link, Mark ^e   Basso, Cristina ^f   Biffi, Alessandro ^b   Buja, Gianfranco ^a   Delise, Pietro ^g   Gussac, Ihor ^h   Anastasakis, Aris ⁱ   Borjesson, Mats ^j   Bjørnstad, Hans Halvor ^k   Carr, Franois ^l   Deligiannis, Asterios ^m   Dugmore, Dorian ⁿ   Fagard, Robert ^c   Hoogsteen, Jan ^o   Mellwig, Klaus P ^p   Panhuyzen Goedkoop, Nicole ^q   Solberg, Erik ^r   Vanhees, Luc ^c   Drezner, Jonathan ^s   Estes, N A Mark ^e   Iliceto, Sabino ^a   Maron, Barry J ^t   Peidro, Roberto ^u   Schwartz, Peter J ^v   Stein, Ricardo ^w   Thiene, Gaetano ^f   Zeppilli, Paolo ^x   McKenna, William J ^y   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b Institute for Sports Sciences   (Italy)

^c KU LEUVEN DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^d KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^g Civil Hospital   (Italy)

^h ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^j SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^k HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^l UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^m ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

ⁿ Wellness Medical Center   (United Kingdom)

^o MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^p RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^q Department Cardiology ^*  (Netherlands)

^r DIAKONHJEMMET HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^s UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^t MINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^u HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN FAVALORO   (Argentina)

^v FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^w HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^x CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^y UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Athlete's heart; Cardiomyopathy; Electrocardiogram; Ion channel disease; Sudden death; Ventricular fibrillation; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEATH; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOCUMENTATION; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; QT PROLONGATION; REPOLARIZATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT QT INTERVAL; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; SPORT; T WAVE INVERSION; WOLFF PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; ION CHANNELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPORTS;

EID: 74549190003     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehp473     Document Type: Review

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