Etiology of Sudden Death in Sports Insights from a United Kingdom Regional Registry

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 67, Issue 18, 2016, Pages 2108-2115

  Finocchiaro, Gherardo ^a   Papadakis, Michael ^a   Robertus, Jan Lukas ^a   Dhutia, Harshil ^a   Steriotis, Alexandros Klavdios ^a   Tome, Maite ^a   Mellor, Greg ^a   Merghani, Ahmed ^a   Malhotra, Aneil ^a   Behr, Elijah ^a   Sharma, Sanjay ^a   Sheppard, Mary N ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy; athletes; sudden death

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPORT; SUDDEN ARRHYTHMIC DEATH SYNDROME; SUDDEN DEATH; ATHLETE; CORONARY VESSEL MALFORMATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; REGISTER; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; ATHLETES; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; DEATH, SUDDEN; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; PHYSICAL EXERTION; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84966577711     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2016.02.062     Document Type: Article

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