Prevalence and significance of isolated T wave inversion in 1755 consecutive American collegiate athletes

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 407-414

  Jacob, Dany ^a   Main, Michael L ^b   Gupta, Sanjaya ^b   Gosch, Kensey ^b   McCoy, Marcia ^b   Magalski, Anthony ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b SAINT LUKE S MID AMERICA HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Athlete's heart; Echocardiography; Electrocardiography; Preparticipation screening; T wave inversion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEART DISEASE; HEART PREEXCITATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q WAVE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; T WAVE INVERSION; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; CAUCASIAN; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; MANDATORY TESTING; MASS SCREENING; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATHLETES; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KANSAS; MALE; MANDATORY TESTING; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STUDENTS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84928828730     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: 15328430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2015.03.005     Document Type: Article

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