Key result
A 38-year-old male presenting with recurrent syncope and ventricular tachycardia was successfully diagnosed with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy using ECG, echocardiography, and cardiac MRI.
Why the study?
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy is a rare, life-threatening inherited disease causing sudden cardiac death, requiring high suspicion for diagnosis in young patients with syncope.
Case Report (n=1)
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This case report highlights the importance of maintaining a high index of suspicion for ARVD in young patients presenting with syncope and ventricular tachycardia, utilizing multimodality imaging and ECG for diagnosis.
Arrhythmogenicright ventricular cardiomyopathy (also called arrhythmogenic RV dysplasia [ARVD]) is a heterogeneous inherited disease that results in fibrofatty infiltration of the right ventriclepredominant, although the disease can also affect the left ventricle (typically the posterior portion). It is a rare and life threatening cause of sudden cardiac death. ECG often carries the first clue to its diagnosis and a high degree of suspicion needs to be maintained to identify this condition in young patients presenting with syncope. We are presenting one such case of an young male who presented with syncope and one episode of documented VT who on evaluation turned out to be a case of ARVD.
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Shabarinath et al. (2016) conducted a case report in Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVD) (n=1). Beta blockers and Amiodarone was evaluated. A 38-year-old male presenting with recurrent syncope and ventricular tachycardia was successfully diagnosed with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy using ECG, echocardiography, and cardiac MRI.
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