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Sudden death during exercise in a juvenile with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy and desmoglein-2 gene substitution: a case report.
Legal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Nov 2011
Sato Takako, Nishio Hajime, Suzuki Koichi
Abstract excerpt
One type of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is an inherited disorder resulting in fatty replacement of the right ventricular wall and consequent fatal arrhythmias. It is a major cause of sudden death in young people. Mutations in the genes encoding desmosomal proteins have been identified as a cause of ARVC. We report a case of sudden death during exercise in a juvenile. This case showed...
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