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Acute inflammation of the myocardium is another major cause of SCD in the young, particularly in children and adolescents [1–13]. The mechanism is mostly arrhythmic, since the affected young usually die without previous signs or symptoms and often during exercise performance.

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  1. Cardiovascular Pathology Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua, Padova, Italy

    Gaetano Thiene & Cristina Basso

  2. Cardiology Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua, Padova, Italy

    Domenico Corrado

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Thiene, G., Corrado, D., Basso, C. (2016). Myocarditis. In: Sudden Cardiac Death in the Young and Athletes. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-5776-0_5

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