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An abrupt electrical turmoil precipitating ventricular fibrillation and cardiac arrest is a frequent complication of cardiomyopathies, whether overt or concealed, since they present an arrhythmogenic substrate.

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Thiene, G., Corrado, D., Basso, C. (2016). Cardiomyopathies. In: Sudden Cardiac Death in the Young and Athletes. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-5776-0_4

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