This paper is dedicated to the memory of our friends recently passed away, Drs Guy Fontaine,
Andrea Nava, and Nikos Protonotarios, who played a pioneering role in the development …

Background— In 1994, an International Task Force proposed criteria for the clinical diagnosis
of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia (ARVC/D) that facilitated …

The 1996 American Heart Association consensus panel recommendations stated that pre-participation
cardiovascular screening for young competitive athletes is justifiable and …

In this position statement of the ESC Working Group on Myocardial and Pericardial
Diseases an expert consensus group reviews the current knowledge on clinical presentation, …

ContextA nationwide systematic preparticipation athletic screening was introduced in Italy in
1982. The impact of such a program on prevention of sudden cardiovascular death in the …

Cardiac amyloidosis is a serious and progressive infiltrative disease that is caused by the
deposition of amyloid fibrils at the cardiac level. It can be due to rare genetic variants in the …

Objectives : We sought to assess the risk of sudden death (SD) in both male and female athletes
age 12 to 35 years. Background : Little is known about the risk of SD in adolescents and …

Aims To evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on patient admissions to Italian
cardiac care units (CCUs). Methods and Results We conducted a multicentre, observational, …

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study is to characterize the clinical profile and identify
clinical markers that would enable the detection during life of anomalous coronary artery origin …

Background For more than 20 years in Italy, young athletes have been screened before
participating in competitive sports. We assessed whether this strategy results in the prevention of …