Comparison of three current sets of electrocardiographic interpretation criteria for use in screening athletes

Heart

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 384-390

  Riding, Nathan R ^a,b   Sheikh, Nabeel ^c   Adamuz, Carmen ^a   Watt, Victoria ^a   Farooq, Abdulaziz ^a   Whyte, Gregory P ^b   George, Keith P ^b   Drezner, Jonathan A ^d   Sharma, Sanjay ^c   Wilson, Mathew G ^a  

^a ASPETAR ORTHOPAEDIC AND SPORTS MEDICINE HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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

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

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; T WAVE INVERSION; WOLFF PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME; ANCESTRY GROUP; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART DISEASES; MASS SCREENING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ATHLETES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923206235     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2014-306437     Document Type: Article

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