Postmortem diagnosis of left dominant arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy: the importance of a multidisciplinary network for sudden death victims. "HIC mors gaudet succurere vitae".

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An apparently healthy man died suddenly at the age of 49 during physical activity. The heart was referred to our Cardiovascular Pathology Unit for valve tissue banking. Pathology findings led to the diagnosis of arrhythmogenic left ventricular cardiomyopathy. Molecular autopsy was performed and two variants of interest were identified in genes associated with arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy. The 19-year-old son...

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• Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia
• Autopsy
• Cause of Death
• Death, Sudden, Cardiac