Interpretation of the electrocardiogram of young athletes

Circulation

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 746-757

  Uberoi, Abhimanyu ^a   Stein, Ricardo ^b   Perez, Marco V ^a   Freeman, James ^a   Wheeler, Matthew ^a   Dewey, Frederick ^a   Peidro, Roberto ⁱ   Hadley, David ^j   Drezner, Jonathan ^c   Sharma, Sanjay ^d   Pelliccia, Antonio ^e   Corrado, Domenico ^f   Niebauer, Josef ^g   Estes, N A Mark ^h   Ashley, Euan ^a   Froelicher, Victor ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e Institute of Sports Medicine and Science   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^g PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^h TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^j NONE

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHANNELOPATHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ETHNICITY; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART PREEXCITATION; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q WAVE; QRS COMPLEX; QT PROLONGATION; SCREENING; SHORT QT INTERVAL; SHORT QT SYNDROME; SPORT; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; T WAVE INVERSION; TRAINING; VAGUS TONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETES; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CARDIOLOGY; CHILD; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; HYPERTROPHY, RIGHT VENTRICULAR; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REFERENCE VALUES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051710028     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.013078     Document Type: Article

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