Cardiac screening before participation in sports

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 369, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 2049-2053

  Sharma, Sanjay ^a   Estes III, N A Mark ^b   Vetter, Victoria L ^c   Corrado, Domenico ^d  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ATHLETIC TRAINING STUDENT; BASKETBALL; CARDIAC SCREENING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; HEART FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SPORTING EVENT; STUDENT ATTITUDE; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ATHLETE; HEART DISEASES; MASS SCREENING; PROCEDURES; SPORT; ARTICLE; HEART DISEASE; METHODOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SPORTS;

EID: 84889821195     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMclde1311642     Document Type: Article

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