Improving the interpretation of the athlete's electrocardiogram

European Heart Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 47, 2013, Pages 3606-3609

  Corrado, Domenico ^a   Calore, Chiara ^a   Zorzi, Alessandro ^a   Migliore, Federico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; SPORT; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; T WAVE INVERSION;

ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; CARDIOMEGALY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; HYPERTROPHY, RIGHT VENTRICULAR; MALE; SPORTS;

EID: 84891364861     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/eht458     Document Type: Review

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