Can electrocardiographic screening prevent sudden death in athletes? Yes

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 341, Issue 7775, 2010, Pages 702-

  Pelliccia, Antonio ^a   Corrado, Domenico ^b  

^a Italian National Olympic Committee   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SHORT SURVEY; SUDDEN DEATH;

ATHLETES; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS;

EID: 77957369874     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c4923     Document Type: Short Survey

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