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Recently, there has been growing interest in the problem of cardiovascular disease in young athletes. Some of the compelling issues are the causes of sudden cardiac death during physical exertion, the appropriateness and practicality of cardiovascular screening before participation in athletic events, and the establishment of guidelines for disqualification from competition^1,2,3,4. Several cardiovascular disorders have been implicated as the principal causes of death on the athletic field,^{4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12} the most common being hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, congenital anomalies of the coronary arteries, Marfan's syndrome, and (in one series) right ventricular dysplasia¹³. In most of these disorders, sudden cardiac death occurs as . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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