title: Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia presenting with severe right heart failure leading to abdominal ascites in a child.
abstract: This report describes a 12-year-old girl with arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia, presenting with severe right ventricular failure symptoms including fatigue, abdominal pain and distension due to abdominal ascites.
authors.affiliation: Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Section of Pediatric Cardiology, Ankara, Turkey. tkaragoz@hacettepe.edu.tr
authors.forename: Tevfik
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Karagoz
authors.forename: Sema
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozer
authors.forename: Beril
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Talim
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D019571:Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001201:Ascites / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013318:Stroke Volume