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The molecular genetics of arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia-cardiomyopathy.
Clinical and investigative medicine. Medecine clinique et experimentale - 1 Aug 2003
Ahmad Ferhaan
Abstract excerpt
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia or cardiomyopathy (ARVD or ARVC) is an inherited disorder characterized by replacement of the right ventricular myocardium by adipose and fibrous tissue and associated with sudden cardiac death. This disorder may be as prevalent as 6 in 10 000 and causes 12.5%-25% of sudden death events in the young. Nine genetic loci associated with this disease have been ascertained,...
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