title: Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy in an octogenarian presenting with ventricular tachycardia.
abstract: Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is one of the major causes of sudden death. Myocardial atrophy with subsequent fibro-fatty replacement predominantly affects right ventricular myocardium and results in global and regional dysfunction as well as areas of slow conduction and dispersion of refractoriness, which are prerequisites for reentrant ventricular tachyarrhythmias. ARVC is commonly presented in patients <65 years old. However, few cases of elderly people suffering from this cardiomyopathy have been reported in the literature. We present a case of an 82-year-old woman with sustained ventricular tachycardia due to first diagnosed ARVC.
authors.affiliation: Evagelismos Hospital, 1st Cardiology Department, Athens, Greece. spyridon.koulouris@gmail.com
authors.forename: Spyridon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koulouris
authors.forename: Socrates
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pastromas
authors.forename: Dimitris
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sakellariou
authors.forename: Theodoros
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kratimenos
authors.forename: Antonis S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Manolis
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D019571:Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000209:etiology*