Modest agreement in ECG interpretation limits the application of ECG screening in young athletes

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 130-136

  Brosnan, Maria ^a,b   La Gerche, Andre ^a,b   Kumar, Saurabh ^b,c   Lo, Wilson ^d   Kalman, Jonathan ^c   Prior, David ^a,b  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d Sports Medicine ACT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electrocardiography; Interpreter variability; Screening; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CARDIOLOGIST; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCREENING; ADOLESCENT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ATHLETES; COHORT STUDIES; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920654924     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2014.09.060     Document Type: Article

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