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Age-dependent clinical and genetic characteristics in Japanese patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia.
Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society - 1 Jan 2013
Ohno Seiko, Nagaoka Iori, Fukuyama Megumi, Kimura Hiromi, Itoh Hideki, Makiyama Takeru, Shimizu Akihiko, Horie Minoru
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BACKGROUND: Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia (ARVC/D) is a heart muscle disease caused by desmosomal gene mutations, and presents as ventricular tachycardia and sudden cardiac death. Although the mean age at onset or diagnosis of ARVC/D are reported to be around the 30-40...
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