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Characterisation of Patients Referred to a Tertiary-Level Inherited Cardiac Condition Clinic with Suspected Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (ARVC) by Aljehani, A (author);Kew, T (author);Baig, S (author);Cox, H (author);LC, Sommerfeld (author);Ensam, B (author);Kalla, M (author);RP, Steeds (author);Fabritz, L (author) is a scholarly article available to read on EtoBox.

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## Abstract BackgroundArrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) or arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy is a rare inherited disease with incomplete penetrance and an environmental component. As ARVC is a common cause of sudden cardiac death in young adults, which can be the first symptom, recognition of early ARVC is important. Data on the different stages of ARVC remains scarce. The purpose of this study is to describe the initial presentation and cardiac phenotype of early and definite ARVC for patients seen at a tertiary service.MethodsThis is a single centre, observational cohort study of patients with early and definite ARVC seen at the Inherited Cardiac Conditions services at University Hospital Birmingham (UHB) in the period 2010–2021. Patients were identified by interrogation of digital health records, medical history, imaging and by examining 12-lead electrocardiograms (ECG).ResultThe records of 1451 patients were reviewed; of those, 165 patients were at risk of ARVC (mean age 41 ± 17 years, 56% male). 60 patients fulfilled task force criteria for definite ARVC diagnosis (n = 40, 67% males), and 37 (71%) of them carried a known pathogenic variant. The remaining 105 p

Author

Aljehani, A (author);Kew, T (author);Baig, S (author);Cox, H (author);LC, Sommerfeld (author);Ensam, B (author);Kalla, M (author);RP, Steeds (author);Fabritz, L (author)

Publisher

Research Square Platform LLC

Published

2022

Language

EN