Sudden cardiac death in young athletes: What is the role of screening?

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 55-62

  Asif, Irfan M ^a   Rao, Ashwin L ^b   Drezner, Jonathan A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

athlete; prevention; sport; sudden cardiac arrest

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ATHLETE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FAMILY HISTORY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DENERVATION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; INCIDENCE; LONG QT SYNDROME; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL HISTORY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUDDEN DEATH; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ATHLETES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPORTS MEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871640056     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: 15317080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HCO.0b013e32835b0ab9     Document Type: Review

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