Prevalence of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy on an electrocardiogram-based pre-participation screening programme in a young male South-East Asian population: Results from the Singapore Armed Forces Electrocardiogram and Echocardiogram screening protocol

Europace

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 883-888

  Ng, Choon Ta ^a   Chee, Tek Siong ^b   Ling, Lee Fong ^b   Lee, Yian Ping ^b   Ching, Chi Keong ^c   Chua, Terrance S J ^c   Cheok, Christopher ^b   Ong, Hean Yee ^b  

^a Central Manpower Base   (Singapore)

^b KHOO TECK PUAT HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Echocardiogram; Electrocardiogram (ECG); Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; Pre participation screening; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957900171     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eur051     Document Type: Article

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