Treatment of Presumed Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia in an Adolescent

Familial arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia is a rare cardiomyopathy that is usually diagnosed on postmortem examination or on presentation with progressive congestive heart failure. We present a patient in whom an automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator was inserted prophylacticall...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Chest 1993-07, Vol.104 (1), p.298-300
Hauptverfasser:	Kirsch, LiIsa R., Weinstock, David J., Magid, Margret S., Levin, Aaron R., Gold, Jeffrey P.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Arrhythmias, Cardiac - etiology Arrhythmias, Cardiac - genetics Arrhythmias, Cardiac - therapy Biological and medical sciences Defibrillators, Implantable Diseases of the cardiovascular system Endomyocardial Fibrosis - complications Endomyocardial Fibrosis - pathology Female Heart Defects, Congenital - complications Heart Defects, Congenital - genetics Heart Defects, Congenital - pathology Heart Ventricles - abnormalities Heart Ventricles - pathology Humans Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular - complications Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular - pathology Medical sciences Radiotherapy. Instrumental treatment. Physiotherapy. Reeducation. Rehabilitation, orthophony, crenotherapy. Diet therapy and various other treatments (general aspects)
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Zusammenfassung:	Familial arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia is a rare cardiomyopathy that is usually diagnosed on postmortem examination or on presentation with progressive congestive heart failure. We present a patient in whom an automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator was inserted prophylactically. A review of the condition and possible therapies is included.
ISSN:	0012-3692 1931-3543
DOI:	10.1378/chest.104.1.298