The impact of ST elevation on athletic screening

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 433-440

  Leo, Troy ^a   Uberoi, Abhimanyu ^a   Jain, Nikhil A ^b   Garza, Daniel ^c   Chowdhury, Shilpy ^a   Freeman, James V ^a   Perez, Marco ^a   Ashley, Euan ^a   Froelicher, Victor ^a,d  

^a Division of Cardiovascular Medicine   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiovascular death; electrocardiography; preparticipation examination; screening; ST elevation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CARDIAC PATIENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE; HEART DEATH; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERICARDITIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPORTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052482425     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: 15363724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0B013E31822CF105     Document Type: Article

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