The electrocardiographic early repolarization pattern in athletes: Normal variant or sudden death risk factor?

Sports Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 359-366

  Tanguturi, Varsha Keelara ^a   Noseworthy, Peter A ^b   Newton Cheh, Christopher ^b   Baggish, Aaron L ^b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disorders; ECG; Exercise; Sports

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEALTH; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN DEATH;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ATHLETES; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; RISK FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84859905214     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: 11792035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11630790-000000000-00000     Document Type: Review

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