EDITORIAL
Sudden cardiac death in young athletes
1 University Hospital Lewisham, Lewisham, London, UK
2 King’s College Hospital, London, UK
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Correspondence to:
Dr S Sharma
Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Lewisham, Lewisham High Street, London SE13 6LH, UK; ssharma21{at}hotmail.com
Most cases of sudden cardiac death in young athletes (<35 years) are caused by inherited cardiomyopathies, notably hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy
Abbreviations: ARVC, arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy; HCM, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; LQTS, long QT syndrome; LVH, left ventricular hypertrophy; SCD, sudden cardiac death
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