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Medical history and physical examination are recognized worldwide as the milestone of athletes’ preparticipation cardiovascular screening. They are defined as the systematic medical practice of evaluating large populations of athletes before sports participation in order to identify (or raise suspicion of) those abnormalities that might undergo disease progression or sudden cardiac death.
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Leo, M., Perna, F., Leo, R., Fioranelli, M. (2012). Medical History and Physical Examination in Sports Medicine. In: Fioranelli, M., Frajese, G. (eds) Sports Cardiology. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2775-6_1
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