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==Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy== | ==Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy== | ||
*Abbreviated ''ARVC''. | |||
===General=== | ===General=== | ||
*Previously known as "arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia". | *Previously known as "arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia" (abbreviated ''ARVD''). | ||
*Associated with sudden cardiac death in "young people".<ref>Sudden cardiac death due to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy can be reduced by pre-participation cardiovascular screening in young athletes. URL: [http://eurheartj.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/27/18/2152 http://eurheartj.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/27/18/2152]. Accessed on: 16 December 2009.</ref> | *Associated with sudden cardiac death in "young people".<ref>Sudden cardiac death due to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy can be reduced by pre-participation cardiovascular screening in young athletes. URL: [http://eurheartj.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/27/18/2152 http://eurheartj.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/27/18/2152]. Accessed on: 16 December 2009.</ref> | ||
*Male > female. | *Male > female. | ||
===Etiology=== | ====Etiology==== | ||
*Genetic - mutations in: | *Genetic - mutations in: | ||
**Desmosomal proteins, especially plakoglobin and desmoplakin. | **Desmosomal proteins, especially plakoglobin and desmoplakin. | ||
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**Clinical: wooly hair, palmar & plantar keratoses. | **Clinical: wooly hair, palmar & plantar keratoses. | ||
=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||
Features:<ref name=emedicine1612324/> | Features:<ref name=emedicine1612324/> | ||
*"Moth-eaten" appearance: | *"Moth-eaten" appearance: | ||