[Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia].
Congestive cardiac failure could be as important as cardiac arrhythmias in the natural history of arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia. This can be related to the progressive replacement of myocardium by fat and fibrosis of the right ventricle. The left ventricle may also be involved by the same disease process. Moreover, inflammation can be superimposed on ARVD, resulting in a wide spectrum of clinical presentation which can mimick idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. Right ventricular cardiac failure has been controlled by anterior dynamic cardiomyoplasty.
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Service de rythmologie, Institut de cardiologie, hôpital La Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris.
Hebert
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Prost-Squarcioni
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Fornes
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Frank
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Thomas
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D019571:Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018450:Disease Progression; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation