Role of genetic testing for sudden death predisposing heart conditions in athletes
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Sudden death in a young competitive athlete occurs with a prevalence of approximately
1 per 100,000 athletes per year [2, 3]. Despite its rarity, the sudden death of an
athlete is devastating to both the family and community. © 2011 Springer Science+Business
Media, LLC.
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10.1007/978-0-387-92775-6_5Publication Info
Landstrom, AP; Tester, DJ; & Ackerman, MJ (2011). Role of genetic testing for sudden death predisposing heart conditions in athletes.
Sports Cardiology Essentials: Evaluation, Management and Case Studies. pp. 85-100. 10.1007/978-0-387-92775-6_5. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/20325.This is constructed from limited available data and may be imprecise. To cite this
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Andrew Paul Landstrom
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Dr. Landstrom is a physician scientist who specializes in the care of children and
young adults with arrhythmias, heritable cardiovascular diseases, and sudden unexplained
death syndromes. As a clinician, he is trained in pediatric cardiology with a focus
on arrhythmias and genetic diseases of the heart. He specializes in caring for patients
with heritable arrhythmia (channelopathies) such as long QT syndrome, Brugada syndrome,
catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia,

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