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Comment
. 2020 Apr 21;9(8):e014368.
doi: 10.1161/JAHA.119.014368. Epub 2020 Apr 20.

We Have Plenty of Reasons to Propose New, Updated Policies for Preventing Sudden Cardiac Death in Young Athletes

Paolo Angelini  1 , Raja Muthupillai  1 , Benjamin Cheong  1 , Robert Paisley  1
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We Have Plenty of Reasons to Propose New, Updated Policies for Preventing Sudden Cardiac Death in Young Athletes

Paolo Angelini et al. J Am Heart Assoc. .
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Keywords: cardiomyopathy; congenital heart disease; coronary artery anomaly; risk; sudden cardiac death.

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