PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Wajeeha Khan
AU  - Azeem S Sheikh
AU  - Emmanuel Ato Williams
AU  - Riccardo Proietti
TI  - Lesson of the month 1: Case reports of arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathies in military personnel
AID  - 10.7861/clinmedicine.18-4-342
DP  - 2018 Aug 01
TA  - Clinical Medicine
PG  - 342--344
VI  - 18
IP  - 4
4099  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/18/4/342.short
4100  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/18/4/342.full
SO  - Clin Med2018 Aug 01; 18
AB  - In military recruits, sudden cardiac death rates have been reported as varying from 2 to 13 per 100,000 per year which are mostly related to exercise. However, the development of structural heart changes that may be associated with ventricular arrhythmias have not been reported among this cohort, despite them undergoing endurance training similar to athletes. Here, we report two cases where military personnel were found to have life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias associated with structural heart disease, highlighting the importance of early recognition and treatment of these arrhythmias.