Preparticipation Athletic Screening Including an Electrocardiogram: An Unproven Strategy for Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death in the Athlete

Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 451-454

  Estes, Mark N A ^a   Link, Mark S ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Athletes; Resuscitation; Screening; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CASE REPORT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE TEST; FATIGUE; HEART RATE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; MALE; PREPARTICIPATION ATHLETIC SCREENING; SCREENING; SUDDEN DEATH;

ATHLETES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84857593083     PISSN: 00330620     EISSN: 18731740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcad.2012.01.008     Document Type: Article

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