Population
100 North Americans with clinically confirmed or suspected arrhythmogenic right ventricular…
Comparison
DNA sequence analysis on PKP2, DSG2, DSP, DSC2… vs Patients without a desmosome mutation
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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May inform prognosis in ARVD/C; hypothesis-generating for management in mutation carriers.
Desmosome mutations are present in 52% of North Americans with ARVD/C and are associated with earlier disease onset and a higher likelihood of ventricular tachycardia.
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