Arrhythmogenic biventricular cardiomyopathy: emerging findings on cardiac CT performed in the emergency department to evaluate chest pain.
We present multimodality imaging findings demonstrating arrhythmogenic biventricular cardiomyopathy initially observed on cardiac CT in a patient who presented to the emergency department with nonanginal chest pain. As the volume of patients referred for coronary CT angiography increases, structural pathology may emerge in previously unencountered diagnostic sequences. The high spatial resolution and volumetric coverage afforded by multidetector CT imaging remind us that cardiac pathology encompasses far more than atherosclerosis.
Department of Cardiology, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, 300 Community Drive, Manhasset, NY 11030, USA; Department of Radiology, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, Manhasset, NY, USA. Electronic address: ssaba1@nshs.edu.
Shahryar G
SG
Saba
Department of Cardiology, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, 300 Community Drive, Manhasset, NY 11030, USA.
Andrew E
AE
Persits
Department of Cardiology, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, 300 Community Drive, Manhasset, NY 11030, USA.
Michael S
MS
Wu
Department of Cardiology, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, 300 Community Drive, Manhasset, NY 11030, USA.
Stuart
S
Beldner
D000328:Adult; D019571:Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D004554:Electric Countershock / Q000295:instrumentation; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D061330:Multidetector Computed Tomography; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left; D016278:Ventricular Function, Right
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia; Intramyocardial fat; Multidetector cardiac CT