Return to play? Athletes with congenital long QT syndrome

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 28-33

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

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONVALESCENCE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPORT; SPORTS MEDICINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGNOSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPORTS; SPORTS MEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871238782     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2012-091751     Document Type: Review

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