Current controversies in the cardiovascular screening of athletes

Current Sports Medicine Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 86-92

  Drezner, Jonathan ^a   Berger, Stuart ^b   Campbell, Robert ^c  

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

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA RUPTURE; ATHLETE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CATECHOLAMINERGIC POLYMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; CHANNELOPATHY; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FAMILY HISTORY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MARFAN SYNDROME; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MORTALITY; MYOCARDITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SHORT QT SYNDROME; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; SUDDEN DEATH; WOLFF PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; SPORTS MEDICINE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950805117     PISSN: 1537890X     EISSN: 15378918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/JSR.0b013e3181d573d6     Document Type: Review

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