Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy: echocardiographic and magnetic resonance imaging in a patient presenting with ventricular tachycardia

Frangiskos I Parthenakis; Alexandros P Patrianakos; Kostas Pagonidis; Dimitrios A Arfanakis; Apostolos Karantanas; Panos E Vardas

doi:10.1016/j.echo.2007.04.015

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy: echocardiographic and magnetic resonance imaging in a patient presenting with ventricular tachycardia

J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2007 Nov;20(11):1319.e7-10. doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2007.04.015. Epub 2007 Jul 19.

Authors

Frangiskos I Parthenakis¹, Alexandros P Patrianakos, Kostas Pagonidis, Dimitrios A Arfanakis, Apostolos Karantanas, Panos E Vardas

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiology, Heraklion University Hospital, Crete, Greece.

PMID: 17658242
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2007.04.015

Abstract

A 62-year-old man presented at our hospital with ventricular tachycardia. The diagnostic workup with echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging that followed revealed a dilated, severely hypokinetic right ventricle with segmental wall dyskinesia suggesting the diagnosis of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy. We present the echocardiographic and magnetic resonance imaging findings, including late enhanced magnetic resonance images.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia / complications*
Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia / diagnosis*
Echocardiography*
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
Male
Middle Aged
Tachycardia, Ventricular / diagnosis*
Tachycardia, Ventricular / etiology*