Prevalence of cardiomyopathy in italian asymptomatic children with electrocardiographic T-wave inversion at preparticipation screening

Circulation

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 529-538

  Migliore, Federico ^a   Zorzi, Alessandro ^a   Michieli, Pierantonio ^a,b   Perazzolo Marra, Martina ^b   Siciliano, Mariachiara ^a   Rigato, Ilaria ^a   Bauce, Barbara ^a   Basso, Cristina ^a   Toazza, Daniela ^b   Schiavon, Maurizio ^b   Iliceto, Sabino ^a   Thiene, Gaetano ^a   Corrado, Domenico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Center for Sports Medicine and Physical Activity   (Italy)

Author keywords

arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia; athletes; cardiomyopathy; child; electrocardiography; hypertrophic

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; LONG QT SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SHORT QT SYNDROME; SPORT; T WAVE INVERSION; WOLFF PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME;

EID: 85027925543     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.055673     Document Type: Article

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