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Image from Mursleen A, Hartlage G, Patel A, Harrison EE, Morales C. Case Rep Cardiol. 2016;2016:7685360. [Open access.] PMID: 27478651, PMCID: PMC4958473.
Image from Wikimedia Commons/KJohansson.
Adapted images from Thiene G, Corrado D, Basso C. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2007;2:45. [Open access.] PMID: 18001465, PMCID: PMC2222049.
Image from Wikimedia Commons/Bart.
Image from Wikimedia Commons.
Image courtesy of Moira Davenport, MD.
Image from Wikimedia Commons/Kjetil Lenes.
Image from Wikimedia Commons/Blausen Medical Communications.
Image from Wikimedia Commons/Patrick J. Lynch.
Images from Patrick J. Lynch (left) and Agateller (right), both via Wikimedia Commons.
Image from Dreamstime.
Cardiac MRI from Thiene G, Corrado D, Basso C. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2007;2:45. [Open access.] PMID: 18001465, PMCID: PMC2222049.
Image from Thiene G, Corrado D, Basso C. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2007 Nov 14;2:45. [Open access.] PMID: 18001465, PMCID: PMC2222049.
Image from Wikimedia Commons/Sponge.
Image from Wikimedia Commons/Julius Schorzman.
Images from David Richfield (left) and Psychonaught (right), both via Wikimedia Commons.
Image from Kim DJ, Cho KI, Cho EA, et al. Clin Hypertens. 2015;21:24. [Open access.] PMID: 26893934, PMCID: PMC4750792.
Image from Science Source/Chassenet.
Image courtesy of Olivia Wong, DO.

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Image from Mursleen A, Hartlage G, Patel A, Harrison EE, Morales C. Case Rep Cardiol. 2016;2016:7685360. [Open access.] PMID: 27478651, PMCID: PMC4958473.
Image from Wikimedia Commons/KJohansson.
Adapted images from Thiene G, Corrado D, Basso C. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2007;2:45. [Open access.] PMID: 18001465, PMCID: PMC2222049.
Image from Wikimedia Commons/Bart.
Image from Wikimedia Commons.
Image courtesy of Moira Davenport, MD.
Image from Wikimedia Commons/Kjetil Lenes.
Image from Wikimedia Commons/Blausen Medical Communications.
Image from Wikimedia Commons/Patrick J. Lynch.
Images from Patrick J. Lynch (left) and Agateller (right), both via Wikimedia Commons.
Image from Dreamstime.
Cardiac MRI from Thiene G, Corrado D, Basso C. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2007;2:45. [Open access.] PMID: 18001465, PMCID: PMC2222049.
Image from Thiene G, Corrado D, Basso C. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2007 Nov 14;2:45. [Open access.] PMID: 18001465, PMCID: PMC2222049.
Image from Wikimedia Commons/Sponge.
Image from Wikimedia Commons/Julius Schorzman.
Images from David Richfield (left) and Psychonaught (right), both via Wikimedia Commons.
Image from Kim DJ, Cho KI, Cho EA, et al. Clin Hypertens. 2015;21:24. [Open access.] PMID: 26893934, PMCID: PMC4750792.
Image from Science Source/Chassenet.
Image courtesy of Olivia Wong, DO.

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Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is an unexpected death due to cardiac causes occurring in a short time period (generally within 1 h of symptom onset) in a person with known or unknown cardiac diseaseDiseases/Conditions, April 2014Hypertrophic CardiomyopathyCommotio CordisArrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia (ARVD)Ventricular FibrillationVentricular TachycardiaCoronary Artery Atherosclerosis