The heart of an athlete: Black, white, and shades of grey with no gold standard

Circulation

Volumn 127, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 1757-1759

  Weinstock, Jonathan ^a   Estes III, N A Mark ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia; Echocardiography; Editorials; Electrocardiography; Exercise; Heart ventricles

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETIC SCREENING; GOLD STANDARD; HEART; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q WAVE; QRS COMPLEX; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUDDEN DEATH; T WAVE INVERSION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATHLETES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SPORTS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 84876968489     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.002823     Document Type: Review

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