Sudden cardiac death in athletes: What is the role of screening?

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-48

  Corrado, Domenico ^a   Basso, Cristina ^b   Thiene, Gaetano ^b  

^a Division of Cardiology   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

athlete; cardiovascular disorders; heart muscle disease; mortality reduction; sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ATHLETE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPORTS AND SPORT RELATED PHENOMENA; SUDDEN DEATH;

ATHLETES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING;

EID: 83055179227     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: 15317080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HCO.0b013e32834dc4cb     Document Type: Review

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