Cost and yield of adding electrocardiography to history and physical in screening Division i intercollegiate athletes: A 5-year experience

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 721-727

  Malhotra, Rohit ^a   West, J Jason ^a   Dent, John ^a   Luna, Max ^a   Kramer, Christopher M ^a   Mounsey, J Paul ^b   Battle, Robert ^a   Saliba, Ethan ^a   Rose, Benjamin ^a   Mistry, Dilaawar ^a   MacKnight, John ^a   Dimarco, John P ^a   Mahapatra, Srijoy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Athlete; Atrial fibrillation; Electrocardiography; Screening; Supraventricular tachycardia; Ventricular tachycardia; Wolff Parkinson White syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLLEGE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; LONG QT SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATHLETES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 79955425502     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2010.12.024     Document Type: Article

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