Cardiovascular screening with electrocardiography and echocardiography in collegiate athletes

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 511-518

  Magalski, Anthony ^a   McCoy, Marcia ^a   Zabel, Michael ^b   Magee, Lawrence M ^c   Goeke, Joseph ^a   Main, Michael L ^a   Bunten, Linda ^a   Reid, Kimberly J ^a   Ramza, Brian M ^a  

^a Cardiovascular Consultants Inc   (United States)

^b Lawrence Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Athlete's heart; Echocardiography; Electrocardiography; Structural heart disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; AORTIC ROOT DILATATION; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DILATATION; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; WOLFF PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AORTA; ATHLETES; CARDIOVASCULAR ABNORMALITIES; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; WOLFF-PARKINSON-WHITE SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957486830     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2011.01.009     Document Type: Article

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