Incidence of sudden cardiac death in athletes: A state-of-the-art review

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 1185-1192

  Harmon, Kimberly G ^a   Drezner, Jonathan A ^b   Wilson, Mathew G ^c   Sharma, Sanjay ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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

^c ASPETAR ORTHOPAEDIC AND SPORTS MEDICINE HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SPORTS MEDICINE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SPORTS MEDICINE; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905378164     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2014-093872     Document Type: Review

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