Addition of the electrocardiogram to the preparticipation examination of College athletes

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 98-105

  Le, Vy Van ^a,b,c   Wheeler, Matthew T ^a,c,d   Mandic, Sandra ^a,c   Dewey, Frederick ^a   Fonda, Holly ^a,c   Perez, Marco ^a   Sungar, Gannon ^a   Garza, Daniel ^a   Ashley, Euan A ^a,d   Matheson, Gordon ^a   Froelicher, Victor ^a,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

College athletes; ECG screening; Preparticipation examination; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; COLLEGE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART RATE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q WAVE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECORDING; SPORTS MEDICINE; T WAVE INVERSION; TRAINING;

DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SPORTS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949355530     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e3181d44705     Document Type: Article

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