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 …

Young competitive athletes are perceived by the general population to be the healthiest
members of society. The possibility that highly trained high school and college athletes may …

Background: Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM) is an inherited heart muscle disorder
characterized by myocardial fibrofatty replacement and an increased risk of sudden cardiac …

Introduction: The incidence of sudden death (SD) in young competitive athletes has declined
in Italy since the introduction of systematic screening including ECG. Mortality reduction was …

Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (AC) is an inherited heart muscle disease characterized
pathologically by right ventricular (RV) fibrofatty myocardial replacement and clinically by …

Ventricular arrhythmias are a leading cause of non-elegibility to competitive sport. The
failure to detect a significant organic substrate in the initial stage of screening does not …

Background Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM) is an inherited heart muscle disorder
characterised by fibrofatty replacement of the ventricular myocardium. It is a leading cause of …

Objectives This study describes the cardiac phenotypes and markers of adverse outcome in
athletes with ventricular arrhythmias with no other discernable etiology than high exercise …

Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (AC) is still a major cause of sudden death in the young
and athletes in autopsy series. Competitive sport activity causes a fivefold increase in the …

Introduction: Sudden cardiac arrest has been documented in athletes, often secondary to left
ventricular (LV) hypertrophy or previously undetected genetic conditions. Some athletes …