Anatomical-MRI Correlations in Adults and Children with Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy

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  Figure 1. Representation of the white-yellow discoloration of the myocardium on macroscopic examination (A) and fibrous-adipose tissue deposition proceeding from the epicardial region towards the subendocardial portion of the myocardium (B).

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  Figure 2. Representation of a cross-section of the heart with an enlarged right ventricle and fibro-fatty replacement of the ventricular wall; signs of left ventricular involvement are also present.

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  Figure 3. Cardiac MRI image of ARVC in a 35-year-old adult male with enlargement of the right ventricle [50] (Case courtesy of Dr Azza Elgendy, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 57972).

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  Figure 4. Cardiac MRI. Please note fatty replacement and myocardial atrophy of the RV free wall in a patient with ARVC. Adapted from Thiene, G. et al. (2007) [51] (under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License).

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  Figure 5. Cardiac MRI showing fatty infiltration of the RV free wall with preserved myocardial thickness. Reproduced from Rastegar, N. et al. (2014) [52] with permission from (Radiological Society of North America) (RSNA).

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  Figure 6. Cardiac MRI showing fatty infiltration of the RV free wall, resulting in thinning of the ventricular wall. Reproduced from Rastegar, N. et al. (2014) [52] with permission from RSNA (Radiological Society of North America).

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  Figure 7. Left ventricular involvement in a patient with ARVC (1A → 1C). Please note delayed gadolinium enhancement in the septal wall of a patient with ARVC. Reproduced from Shen et al. (2019) [54] (under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License).

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  Figure 8. Right atrial involvement in ARVC. The atrial wall is replaced with yellow fibro-fatty tissue.

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  Figure 9. Pediatric ARVC in a 10-year-old male confirmed by Cardiac MRI. The right ventricle has a thin wall with fibro-fatty infiltration and development of an aneurysm; the RV volume is increased [72]. (Case courtesy of Dr Vlad Barskiy, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 69431).