Beyond sudden death in the athlete: How to identify family members at risk

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 189-192

  Quarta, Giovanni ^a,b   Lambiase, Pier ^a   Elliott, Perry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FAMILY HEALTH; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PEDIGREE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPORT; SUDDEN DEATH;

DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FAMILY HEALTH; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PEDIGREE; RISK FACTORS; SPORTS;

EID: 79951868210     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2009.067512     Document Type: Article

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