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Cardiovascular assessment of competitive athletes with syncope and inherited abnormalities of the cardiac ion channels
Dipartimento per le Malattie Cardiovascolari, Ospedale S. Filippo Neri, via G. Martinotti 20, Rome 00135, Italy
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E-mail address: furcol@rdn.it
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The Italian legislation mandates preventive cardiovascular screening for all subjects engaged in competitive athletic activities.1 Such evaluation is performed by physicians with an academic training in sports medicine, and includes history, physical examination, standard 12-lead electrocardiography and a