The natural history of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy.
The authors describe the case of a 66-year-old woman with arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia masqueraded as dilated cardiomyopathy. Her medical history included recurrent episodes of syncope beginning at the age of 28. The natural history of the disease is discussed.
Letsas
Konstantinos P
KP
Second Department of Cardiology, Evangelismos General Hospital of Athens, 10676, Athens, Greece. k.letsas@mail.gr
Gavrielatos
Gerasimos
G
Efremidis
Michael
M
Sideris
Antonios
A
Kardaras
Fotis
F
D000368:Aged; D002037:Bundle-Branch Block / Q000473:pathology*; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000473:pathology*; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D004417:Dyspnea; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D011342:Procainamide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*
D011342:Procainamide