Exercise-related syncope in young competitive athletes without evidence of structural heart disease. Clinical presentation and long-term outcome | Zendy

Furio Colivicchi | Zendy

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Exercise-related syncope in young competitive athletes without evidence of structural heart disease. Clinical presentation and long-term outcome

Author(s) -

Furio Colivicchi

Publication year - 2002

Publication title -

european heart journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 4.336

H-Index - 293

eISSN - 1522-9645

pISSN - 0195-668X

DOI - 10.1053/euhj.2001.3042

Subject(s) - medicine , athletes , presentation (obstetrics) , syncope (phonology) , physical therapy , disease , heart disease , term (time) , outcome (game theory) , competitive athletes , cardiology , pediatrics , physical medicine and rehabilitation , intensive care medicine , surgery , physics , mathematics , mathematical economics , quantum mechanics

Exercise-related syncopal spells in athletes receive great attention and are a source of anxiety in the sporting world. The aim of the present study is to describe the clinical presentation, the yield of the initial diagnostic work-up and the long-term outcome of a series of consecutive competitive athletes with recurrent exercise-related syncopal spells.

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