Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy underlies syndrome of right bundle branch block, ST-segment elevation, and sudden death.
Right ventricular morphologic and/or histologic abnormalities were present in 5 of 6 Japanese men with the Brugada syndrome. Results indicate that arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy may underlie the cardiac manifestations in the Brugada syndrome.
Tada
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H
Division of Cardiology, National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan.
Aihara
N
N
Ohe
T
T
Yutani
C
C
Hamada
S
S
Miyanuma
H
H
Takamiya
M
M
Kamakura
S
S
D000328:Adult; D002037:Bundle-Branch Block / Q000209:etiology*; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013577:Syndrome; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000209:etiology*