Pre-participation cardiac screening in young athletes: Models and criteria
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Pre-participation screening of young competitive athletes for prevention of sudden cardiac death.
In 1982 a nationwide program of pre-participation screening including 12-lead electrocardiography (ECG) was launched in Italy. The aim of this article is to examine whether this 25-year screening program should be considered a valid and advisable public health strategy. The analysis of data coming from the long-running Italian experience indicates that ECG screening has provided adequate sensit...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Cardiac Nursing
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1749-6403,2052-2207
DOI: 10.12968/bjca.2010.5.9.78127