Focused transthoracic echocardiography by sports medicine physicians: Measurements relevant to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 333-338

  Yim, Eugene S ^a   Gillis, Edward F ^b   Ojala, Krystin ^c   James MacDonald, ^a   Basilico, Frederick C ^b   Corrado, Gianmichael D ^c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Athletes; Echocardiography; Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; Sports medicine; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE; DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; SPORTS;

ATHLETES; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; INTER-RATER RELIABILITIES; INTERNAL DIAMETERS; INTRACLASS CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; LEFT VENTRICULAR; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATHS; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

SPORTS MEDICINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPORTS MEDICINE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART SEPTUM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPORTS MEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874177945     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: 15509613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2013.32.2.333     Document Type: Article

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