Sports and arrhythmias: A report of the International Workshop Venice Arrhythmias 2009

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 607-612

  Giada, Franco ^a   Biffi, Alessandro ^b   Cannom, David S ^j   Cappato, Riccardo ^d   Capucci, Alessandro ^e   Corrado, Domenico ^f   Delise, Pietro ^g   Drezner, Jonathan A ^k   el Sherif, Nabil ^l   Estes, Mark ^m   Furlanello, Francesco ^d   Heidbuchel, Hein ^s   Inama, Giuseppe ^h   Lindsay, Bruce D ^o   Maron, Barry J ^p   Maron, Martin S ⁿ   Mont, Luis ^t   Olshansky, Brian ^q   Pelliccia, Antonio ^b   Thiene, Gaetano ⁱ   Viskin, Sami ^u   Zeppilli, Paolo ^c   Natale, Andrea ^r   Raviele, Antonio ^a   more..

^a OSPEDALE DELL'ANGELO   (Italy)

^b Italian National Olympic Committee   (Italy)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

^e Ospedale Monospecialistico Cardiologico GM Lancisi   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^g Ospedale Civile S Maria Dei Battuti   (Italy)

^h MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^j GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

^l SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^m TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁿ TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^o LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^p MINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^r TEXAS CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA INSTITUTE   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^t UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^u TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

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Author keywords

arrhythmias; sports; sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG ABUSE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; ITALY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPORT; SUDDEN DEATH;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPORTS;

EID: 78049312232     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJR.0b013e328338a387     Document Type: Article

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