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(Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine. Vol. 232.) Edited by A. Bayés de Luna, F. Furlanello, B.J. Maron, and D.P. Zipes. 163 pp., illustrated. Boston, Kluwer Academic, 2000. $77. ISBN 0-7923-6337-X.

This excellent short compilation speaks to the identification and management of potentially fatal cardiac problems that face athletes as well as practicing physicians, nurses, physician's assistants, and public health, school, university, and professional team administrators who are involved in sports medicine. The two central topics — whether or not and how to modify the athlete's life from a cardiologic viewpoint — are clearly outlined in a multiauthored book whose information is derived from substantial experience in American, Italian, and Spanish sports medicine. Pertinent literature is well summarized. The book comprises 10 very readable, well-referenced monographs, which nevertheless would have benefited . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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