Competitive sports participation in athletes with congenital long QT syndrome

JAMA

Volumn 308, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 764-765

  Johnson, Jonathan N ^a   Ackerman, Michael J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; ATHLETE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LETTER; LONG QT SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DEFIBRILLATOR; FOLLOW UP; GENETICS; OCCUPATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; OCCUPATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOLS; SPORTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865312339     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.9334     Document Type: Letter

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