Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy: new insights into disease mechanisms and diagnosis.

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Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is a primary heart muscle disorder characterized by the early occurrence of serious tachyarrhythmias often out of proportion to the extent of structural changes and contractile derangement. Approximately 40% of patients with ARVC have one or more mutations in genes encoding proteins in desmosomes, intercellular adhesion junctions which, in cardiac myocytes,...

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• Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia
• Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise
• Desmosomes
• Mutation
• Sports injuries and prevention