Clinical significance of electrocardiographic right ventricular hypertrophy in athletes: Comparison with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy and pulmonary hypertension

European Heart Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 47, 2013, Pages 3649-3656

  Zaidi, Abbas ^a   Ghani, Saqib ^a   Sheikh, Nabeel ^a   Gati, Sabiha ^a   Bastiaenen, Rachel ^a   Madden, Brendan ^a   Papadakis, Michael ^a   Raju, Hariharan ^a   Reed, Matthew ^a   Sharma, Rajan ^a   Behr, Elijah R ^a   Sharma, Sanjay ^a  

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

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Electrocardiography; Exercise

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECG ABNORMALITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; Q WAVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; T WAVE INVERSION; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; HYPERTROPHY, RIGHT VENTRICULAR; MALE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; SPORTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891351578     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/eht391     Document Type: Article

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