Risk of sports: Do we need a pre-participation screening for competitive and leisure athletes?

European Heart Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 934-944

  Corrado, Domenico ^a   Schmied, Christian ^b   Basso, Cristina ^a   Borjesson, Mats ^c   Schiavon, Maurizio ^d   Pelliccia, Antonio ^e   Vanhees, Luc ^f   Thiene, Gaetano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d ULSS 16   (Italy)

^e Center of Sports Sciences   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

cardiomyopathy; congenital coronary anomalies; coronary artery disease; electrocardiogram; exercise testing; screening; sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEART ARREST; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; INCIDENCE; LEISURE; LONG QT SYNDROME; MORTALITY; MYOCARDITIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PR INTERVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE CARDIAC CONDUCTION DEFECT; QRS COMPLEX; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCREENING TEST; SHORT QT SYNDROME; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; SPORT; SPORT INJURY; SUDDEN DEATH; T WAVE INVERSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HEART DISEASES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SPORTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954518596     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehq482     Document Type: Review

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