Cardiovascular screening in college athletes with and without electrocardiography: A cross-sectional study

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 152, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 269-275

  Baggish, Aaron L ^a   Hutter Jr , Adolph M ^a   Wang, Francis ^b   Yared, Kibar ^a   Weiner, Rory B ^a   Kupperman, Eli ^b   Picard, Michael H ^a   Wood, Malissa J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CARDIOVASCULAR PERFORMANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY STENOSIS; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPORT; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; VIRUS MYOCARDITIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STUDENT; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADULT; ATHLETES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950343926     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-152-5-201003020-00004     Document Type: Article

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