Left-Dominant Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy. An Under-Recognized Clinical Entity

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 52, Issue 25, 2008, Pages 2175-2187

  Sen Chowdhry, Srijita ^a,c   Syrris, Petros ^a   Prasad, Sanjay K ^c   Hughes, Siân E ^b   Merrifield, Robert ^d   Ward, Deirdre ^a   Pennell, Dudley J ^c   McKenna, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

arrhythmia; cardiomyopathy; electrocardiography; genetics; magnetic resonance imaging; sudden death

Indexed keywords

DESMOPLAKIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESMOSOME; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; LEFT DOMINANT ARRHYTHMOGENIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH; T WAVE INVERSION; THORAX PAIN; VIRUS MYOCARDITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; COHORT STUDIES; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SYSTOLE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57449085722     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.09.019     Document Type: Article

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