Prevalence of electrocardiographic abnormalities in an unselected young male multi-ethnic South-East Asian population undergoing pre-participation cardiovascular screening: Results of the Singapore Armed Forces Electrocardiogram and Echocardiogram screening protocol

Europace

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1018-1024

  Ng, Choon Ta ^a   Ong, Hean Yee ^b   Cheok, Christopher ^b   Chua, Terrance S J ^c   Ching, Chi Keong ^c  

^a Singapore Army   (Singapore)

^b KHOO TECK PUAT HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cardiac screening; Echocardiography; Electrocardiogram (ECG); Pre participation; Sudden cardiac death; Young population

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ECG ABNORMALITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT PROLONGATION; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGAPORE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862993611     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eur424     Document Type: Article

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