Comparison of electrocardiographic criteria for the detection of cardiac abnormalities in elite black and white athletes

Circulation

Volumn 129, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 1637-1649

  Sheikh, Nabeel ^a,b   Papadakis, Michael ^a,b   Ghani, Saqib ^a,b   Zaidi, Abbas ^a,b   Gati, Sabiha ^a,b   Adami, Paolo Emilio ^c,f   Carré, François ^d   Schnell, Frédéric ^d   Wilson, Mathew ^e   Avila, Paloma ^a   McKenna, William ^f   Sharma, Sanjay ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEWISHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d INSERM   (France)

^e ASPETAR ORTHOPAEDIC AND SPORTS MEDICINE HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cardiomyopathies; echocardiography; electrocardiography; ethnic groups; exercise; hypertrophy; mass screening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CAUCASIAN; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECG ABNORMALITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; T WAVE INVERSION; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; WOLFF PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME;

CARDIOMYOPATHIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUPS; EXERCISE; HYPERTROPHY; MASS SCREENING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATHLETES; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899476456     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.006179     Document Type: Article

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