The pre-sports cardiovascular evaluation: Should it depend on the level of competition, the sport, or the state?

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 417-427

  Yaniv, Bar Cohen ^a   Silka, Michael J ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

Athletes; Electrocardiogram; Screening; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ARCHERY; ATHLETE; BASEBALL; BASKETBALL; BILLIARD; BOWLING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; COMPETITION; CRICKET; CURLING; DIVING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EQUESTRIAN; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FAMILY HISTORY; FOOTBALL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ICE HOCKEY; JOGGING; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LONG QT SYNDROME; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; RIFLERY; ROWING; RUGBY; RUNNING; SAILING; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIING; SPORT; SUDDEN DEATH; SWIMMING; SYNCOPE; TENNIS; TRAINING; TREADMILL EXERCISE; VOLLEYBALL; WALKING; WEIGHT LIFTING; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; INCIDENCE; INSTRUMENTATION; MANDATORY TESTING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPORTS MEDICINE; TIME; UNITED STATES;

AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MANDATORY TESTING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPORTS MEDICINE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862680873     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: 14321971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-012-0173-3     Document Type: Review

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