Key result
Late-onset arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy can present in patients in their fifties, indicating that clinical screening should continue throughout adult life in at-risk individuals.
Case Report (n=2)
This case report highlights that ARVC can present with late-onset morphological and kinetic abnormalities in older adults, suggesting clinical screening should continue throughout adult life for at-risk individuals.
Alerts clinicians to possible late ARVC in at-risk adults; extends phenotypic spectrum but leaves open screening protocols pending validation.
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is a primary myocardial pathology usually diagnosed at a young age. Although ARVC is characterized by well-known clinical and instrumental features, the diagnosis in older patients can sometimes be difficult, due to the frequent left ventricular involvement and possible concomitant coronary artery disease. In the present study, we describe two female patients in whom morphological and kinetic abnormalities of the right ventricle, in keeping with the diagnosis of ARVC, appeared when they were aged in their fifties. These two cases indicate that clinical screening should be continued throughout adult life in people who are at risk of ARVC.
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Frigo et al. (2006) conducted a case report in Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) (n=2). Late-onset ARVC was evaluated on Morphological and kinetic abnormalities of the right ventricle. Late-onset arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy can present in patients in their fifties, indicating that clinical screening should continue throughout adult life in at-risk individuals.
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