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Volume 330:147-148 January 13, 1994 Number 2
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Cardiovascular Evaluation of Athletes: Toward Recognizing Young Athletes at Risk of Sudden Death

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Edited by Bruce F. Waller and W. Proctor Harvey. 213 pp., illustrated. Newton, N.J., Laennec, 1993. $75.

Frequently a multiauthored book suffers from inconsistency of writing and lack of continuity. Waller and Harvey, however, have compiled a concise textbook on the cardiovascular evaluation of the athlete and have provided each chapter with clinical pearls and editors' notes -- personal points of view -- commenting in an informal way on whether the editors agree or disagree with the preceding text.

A decade ago a book on the cardiovascular evaluation of the athlete would have been viewed as overly specialized, but the reality is that clinicians now encounter athletes at every level of competitive skill, and physicians frequently face . . . [Full Text of this Article]




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