Preventing sudden death of athletes with electrocardiographic screening: What is the absolute benefit and how much will it cost?

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 60, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 2271-2276

  Halkin, Amir ^a   Steinvil, Arie ^a   Rosso, Raphael ^a   Adler, Arnon ^a   Rozovski, Uri ^a   Viskin, Sami ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

electrocardiogram; sports; sudden death

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE TEST; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HOLTER MONITORING; MANDATORY TESTING; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; SCREENING; SUDDEN DEATH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870216973     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.09.003     Document Type: Article

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