Preparticipation screening of young competitive athletes for cardiovascular disorders

Physician and Sportsmedicine

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 54-63

  Chandra, Navin ^a   Papadakis, Michael ^a   Sharma, Sanjay ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

12 lead ECG; Athlete's heart; Preparticipation screening; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXERCISE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREPARTICIPATION CARDIOVASCULAR SCREENING; SCREENING; SPORT; SUDDEN DEATH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETES; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CHILD; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950886213     PISSN: 00913847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/psm.2010.04.1762     Document Type: Article

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