Preventing sudden death of athletes with electrocardiographic screening: what is the absolute benefit and how much will it cost?

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This study sought to estimate the costs of a national electrocardiographic (ECG) screening of athletes in the United States and the number of lives that would be saved by that program.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): J. Am. Coll. Cardiol.

Title: Journal of the American College of Cardiology

ISSN (Electronic): 1558-3597

ISSN (Print): 0735-1097

Publication date (Electronic): Dec 4 2012

Volume: 60

Issue: 22

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[1 ] Department of Cardiology, Sourasky Tel-Aviv Medical Center, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.

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Publisher Item ID: S0735-1097(12)04500-7

DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.09.003

PubMed ID: 23194938

SO-VID: c2d2e70e-a4cd-4fd8-a719-45ea1bcc65b9

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