Debate: Challenges in sports cardiology; US versus European approaches

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages

  Hamilton, Bruce ^a   Levine, Benjamin D ^b,c   Thompson, Paul D ^d,e   Whyte, Gregory P ^f,g   Wilson, Mathew G ^a  

^a ASPETAR ORTHOPAEDIC AND SPORTS MEDICINE HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

^b PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL OF DALLAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^f LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g Centre for Sports Cardiology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSENSUS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MANDATORY TESTING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPORTS MEDICINE; SUDDEN DEATH; UNITED STATES;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIOLOGY; CONSENSUS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPE; HUMANS; MANDATORY TESTING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPORTS MEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84869005076     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2012-091311     Document Type: Article

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