Article
[Arrhythmogenic left ventricular cardiomyopathy].
Vnitrni lekarstvi - 1 Jan 2000
Havránek Štěpán, Paleček Tomáš, Kuchynka Petr, Vítková Ivana
Abstract excerpt
Arrhythmogenic left ventricular cardiomyopathy (ALVC) is a rare condition characterised by progressive fibrofatty replacement of the myocardium of the left ventricle in combination with arrhythmias of left ventricular origin. ALVC has been linked to autosomal dominant mutations of genes encoding desmosomal proteins, similarly to the classic arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy with which it also shares...
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