A pilot study of the feasibility of heart screening for sudden cardiac arrest in healthy children

American Heart Journal

Volumn 161, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Vetter, Victoria L ^a,b   Dugan, Noreen ^a   Guo, Rong ^a   Mercer Rosa, Laura ^a   Gleason, Marie ^a   Cohen, Meryl ^a   Vogel, R Lee ^a   Iyer, Ramesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; COST; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ETHNICITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART ARREST; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LONG QT SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUDDEN DEATH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955901202     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2011.01.022     Document Type: Article

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