ECG screening for athletes: Letting evidence and reason advance the debate

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 728-730

  Estes III, N A Mark ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOLTER MONITORING; LABORATORY TEST; LONG QT SYNDROME; MEDICAL EXPERT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 79955388815     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2010.12.046     Document Type: Editorial

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