Screening of competitive athletes to prevent sudden death

Heart

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 304-307

  Thiene, Gaetano ^a   Corrado, Domenico ^a   Schiavon, Maurizio ^b   Basso, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b Center of Sports Medicine   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGINA PECTORIS; AORTA DISEASE; ATHLETE; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CHANNELOPATHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE TEST; EXHAUSTION; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FAMILY HISTORY; FATIGUE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; ITALY; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL HISTORY; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NOTE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUDDEN DEATH; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 84874054788     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2012-302411     Document Type: Note

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