title: Newly diagnosed arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia in an octogenarian.
abstract: Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy (ARVD/C) is thought to be a disease of the young, with the majority of newly diagnosed patients under 40 years of age. Establishing this diagnosis in elderly patients may be challenging, and a few reports exist of patients older than 70 years diagnosed with ARVD/C at autopsy. We report the case of an octogenarian with antemortem newly diagnosed ARVD/C. This case report represents the oldest patient to date to have a newly established diagnosis of ARVD/C and highlights the difficulty in making the diagnosis in the elderly.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois 60153, USA. jakar@lumc.edu
authors.forename: Joseph G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Akar
authors.forename: Madhurmeet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Alex J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Auseon
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Wilber
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D019571:Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male