January 1, 2005Heart Drug

Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy: A Presentation of Thirty Consecutive Patients

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Why the study?

What are the clinical and diagnostic imaging characteristics of patients presenting with suspected arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy?

Structured PICO

What are the clinical and diagnostic imaging characteristics of patients presenting with suspected arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy?

Population

48 patients suspected of having arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) referred to a university hospital, resulting in 30 diagnosed patients (mean age 40 ± 2 years).

Intervention

Diagnostic evaluation including cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), contrast ventriculography, electrophysiological testing, and endomyocardial biopsies.

Outcome

Clinical presentation and diagnostic findings (ECG, ventriculography, biopsy, and MRI characteristics).surrogate

Cardiac MRI is an important diagnostic tool that frequently identifies right ventricular fatty infiltration in patients with ARVC, supporting its use to guide invasive procedures.

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Implication

MRI may detect RV fat more often than biopsy in ARVC; leaves open its role in guiding diagnosis or procedures.

Cite This Study

Nielsen et al. (2005) studied this question.

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Topics

Ventricular arrhythmias

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Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy: A Presentation of Thirty Consecutive Patients

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Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy: A Presentation of Thirty Consecutive Patients

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Discussion

Implication

Cite This Study

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