Benefits and limitations of cardiovascular pre-competition screening in international football

Clinical Research in Cardiology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-35

  Thünenkötter, Thomas ^a,b   Schmied, Christian ^c   Dvorak, Jiri ^d   Kindermann, Wilfried ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d FIFA MEDICAL CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular pre participation screening; International football; Prevention; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RISK FACTORS; SOCCER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75949107242     PISSN: 18610684     EISSN: 18610692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-009-0072-7     Document Type: Article

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