Eligibility and Disqualification Recommendations for Competitive Athletes With Cardiovascular Abnormalities: Task Force 14: Sickle Cell Trait: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology

Circulation. 2015 Dec 1;132(22):e343-5. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000250. Epub 2015 Nov 2.
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Keywords: AHA Scientific Statements; athletes; cardiovascular abnormalities; sickle cell trait; sudden death.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Advisory Committees / standards*
  • American Heart Association*
  • Athletes*
  • Cardiology / methods
  • Cardiology / standards*
  • Cardiovascular Abnormalities / diagnosis*
  • Cardiovascular Abnormalities / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic / standards
  • Sickle Cell Trait / diagnosis*
  • Sickle Cell Trait / epidemiology
  • United States / epidemiology