Mobitz type II second-degree atrioventricular block in athletes: True or false?

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 687-690

  Barold, S Serge ^a   Padeletti, Luigi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SPORT; STANDARD;

ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HUMANS; SPORTS;

EID: 79959374996     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2008.047365     Document Type: Review

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