Why and how to support screening strategies to prevent sudden death in athletes

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 348, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 315-318

  Thiene, Gaetano ^a   Corrado, Domenico ^a   Rigato, Ilaria ^a   Basso, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Athlete; Pathology; Prevention; Screening; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ATHLETE; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE TEST; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART HYPERTROPHY; HEART PREEXCITATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SUDDEN DEATH; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; ATHLETES; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; SPORTS; SPORTS MEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862765638     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: 14320878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-012-1398-4     Document Type: Review

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