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The natural history of some congenital heart diseases can be featured by electrical instability at risk of SCD, both at rest and on effort.

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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). Congenital Heart Disease. In: Sudden Cardiac Death in the Young and Athletes. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-5776-0_8

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