Routine screening of young athletes for aneurysm: CON

Cardiology Clinics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 229-236

  Gerber, Jaime ^a,b   Arcarese, Michael ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Cardiology Associates of New Haven   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute aortic syndrome; Echocardiography; Marfan syndrome; Screening program

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; LOSARTAN;

ANEURYSM; AORTA DILATATION; AORTA DISEASE; ATHLETE; DEATH; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COST; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING; SUDDEN DEATH; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROCEDURES; SPORT; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MASS SCREENING; SPORTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952651510     PISSN: 07338651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccl.2010.01.010     Document Type: Review

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