Should Pre-participation Cardiovascular Screening for Competitive Athletes be Introduced in Australia? A Timely Debate in a Sport-loving Nation

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 629-633

  La Gerche, André ^a   MacIsaac, Andrew I ^b   Prior, David L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Athletes; Cardiac; Electrocardiogram; Screening; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; LONG QT SYNDROME; MANDATORY TESTING; PRE PARTICIPATION CARDIOVASCULAR SCREENING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SPORT; SUDDEN DEATH;

ATHLETES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; SPORTS MEDICINE;

EID: 80052966389     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: 14442892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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