Pros and cons of screening for sudden cardiac death in sports

Heart

Volumn 99, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 1365-1373

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; AUTOPSY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHANNELOPATHY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE INTENSITY; GENETIC DISORDER; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEART PREEXCITATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LONG QT SYNDROME; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; P WAVE; PR INTERVAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QT INTERVAL; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; SAFETY; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SITTING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPORT; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; T WAVE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

MYOCARDIAL DISEASE;

CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPORTS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 84882568558     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2012-302160     Document Type: Article

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