Structural cardiac disease diagnosed by echocardiography in asymptomatic young male soccer players: Implications for pre-participation screening

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 371-373

  Rizzo, Marta ^a,b   Spataro, Antonio ^a   Cecchetelli, Cristiano ^a   Quaranta, Federico ^a   Livrieri, Simona ^a   Sperandii, Fabio ^a   Cifra, Barbara ^a   Borrione, Paolo ^a,b   Pigozzi, Fabio ^a,b  

^a FIFA MEDICAL CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME FORO ITALICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; SPORT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; SOCCER;

EID: 84859264987     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2011.085696     Document Type: Article

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