title: Guy Fontaine and arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia.
abstract: Cardiomyopathies are the Focus of this EHJ issue. Guy Fontaine, an electrical engineer, then a physician, played a pivotal role in the discovery of ARVD.
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Berry
mesh_terms: D019571:Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia / Q000266:history*; D002309:Cardiology / Q000266:history*; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology; D005602:France; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans