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Review on the genetics of arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia.
Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology - 1 May 2007
Moric-Janiszewska Ewa, Markiewicz-Loskot Grazyna
Abstract excerpt
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia (ARVD) is a clinical and pathologic entity whose diagnosis rests on electrocardiographic and angiographic criteria; pathologic findings, replacement of ventricular myocardium with fatty and fibrous elements, preferentially involve the right ventricular (RV) free wall. There is a familial occurrence in about 50% of cases, with autosomal dominant inheritance with variable...
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