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Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia
Author(s) -
Fatkin D.,
Thorburn C.,
Hickie J.,
Kuchar D.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0004-8291
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1991.tb01352.x
Subject(s) - medicine , arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia , cardiology , ventricle , ventricular tachycardia , dysplasia , tachycardia , cardiomyopathy , heart failure
A 23‐year‐old man presented with recurrent exercise‐induced ventricular tachycardia (VT), complicated by systemic embolisation. Catecholamine ‐ sensitive VT was reproduced on exercise testing and programmed electrical stimulation, displaying features suggestive of enhanced automaticity as well as re‐entry. Both 2D‐echocardiography and gated heart pool scan showed localised dyskinetic bulging in the right ventricle. A diagnosis of arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia was made. This condition should be excluded in all young patients with otherwise unexplained ventricular arrhythmias. (Aust NZ J Med 1991; 21: 451–453.)