Comparison of three ECG criteria for athlete pre-participation screening

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 769-774

  Pickham, David ^a   Zarafshar, Shirin ^a   Sani, Divya ^b   Kumar, Nikhil ^b   Froelicher, Victor ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Gunn High School   (United States)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Pre participation screening Athlete screening Electrocardiogram criteria Seattle criteria

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC TRAINING EDUCATION; BLACK PERSON; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COLLEGE STUDENT; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EUROPEAN CRITERIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QRS COMPLEX; QT INTERVAL; QT PROLONGATION; SCREENING; SEATTLE CRITERIA; SHORT QT INTERVAL; STANFORD CRITERIA; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; YOUNG ADULT; ALGORITHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDY; MASS SCREENING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPORT; SPORTS MEDICINE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPORTS; SPORTS MEDICINE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908280890     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: 15328430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2014.07.019     Document Type: Article

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