Incidence, cause, and comparative frequency of sudden cardiac death in national collegiate athletic association athletes a decade in review

Circulation

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 10-19

  Harmon, Kimberly G ^a   Asif, Irfan M ^b   Maleszewski, Joseph J ^c   Owens, David S ^a   Prutkin, Jordan M ^a   Salerno, Jack C ^a   Zigman, Monica L ^a   Ellenbogen, Rachel ^d   Rao, Ashwin L ^a   Ackerman, Michael J ^c   Drezner, Jonathan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE GREENVILLE   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Athletes; Death; Epidemiology; Pathology; Sudden

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; AUTOPSY; BASKETBALL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEAT INJURY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; SPORT INJURY; STUDENT; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; SUICIDE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; RISK FACTOR; SPORT; TRENDS;

ATHLETES; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SPORTS; STUDENTS;

EID: 84935440231     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.115.015431     Document Type: Article

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