ECG screening is not warranted for the recreational athlete

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¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York. Electronic address: abcurtis@buffalo.edu.
² Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York.

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Anne B Curtis et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014.

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. 2014 May 20;63(19):2035-6.

doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.01.045. Epub 2014 Feb 26.

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York. Electronic address: abcurtis@buffalo.edu.
² Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York.

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Keywords: electrocardiogram; ethnicity; pre-participation screening; sudden cardiac death.

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