Key result
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy is an inherited cardiomyopathy causing progressive fibro-fatty infiltration, ventricular dysfunction, and sudden cardiac death.
Why the study?
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy is an inherited cardiomyopathy causing ventricular dysfunction and arrhythmias, but congenital heart disease may confound its diagnosis.
Congenital heart disease may confound the diagnosis of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy.
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is an inherited cardiomyopathy of predominantly the right ventricle (RV) and a cause of sudden cardiac death.1 Fifty percent of the cases are familial,2 with causative gene mutations that primarily affect desmosomes and result in progressive fibro-fatty infiltration of the myocardium.3 In turn, this may lead to ventricular dysfunction and arrhythmias, sometimes causing sudden cardiac death.1
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Kiamanesh et al. (2016) studied Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC). Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy is an inherited cardiomyopathy causing progressive fibro-fatty infiltration, ventricular dysfunction, and sudden cardiac death.
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