Evaluation and Management of Wolff-Parkinson-White in Athletes

Sports Health

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 326-332

  Rao, Ashwin L ^a   Salerno, Jack C ^b   Asif, Irfan M ^c   Drezner, Jonathan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

athlete; athletic participation; pre excitation; risk stratification; sudden cardiac death; Wolff Parkinson White

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902965879     PISSN: 19417381     EISSN: 19410921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1941738113509059     Document Type: Article

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