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Right Ventricular Dysfunction and Ventricular Arrhythmias: Challenges in Diagnosis

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A 37 year-old man with right ventricular dysfunction, frequent ventricular ectopy, and history of sustained palpitations presents for evaluation. The case highlights limitations in current diagnostic criteria for arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC), as well as the potential benefit in selected patients of voltage-map guided biopsy to further guide treatment and prognosis.

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  1. Division of Cardiology, Cardiac Electrophysiology Section, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA

    Wendy S. Tzou

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  1. N. IH 35 3000, St. David’s Medical Center, Austin, TX, USA

    Andrea Natale

  2. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

    Paul J. Wang

  3. Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia, Austin, TX, USA

    Amin Al-Ahmad

  4. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    N. A. Mark Estes

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Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. Note the akinetic and nearly dyskinetic movement of the right ventricular free wall (MP4 9788 kb)

Positioning bioptome using electroanatomic map and real-time visualization of the bioptome (green dot) (MOV 31321 kb)

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Tzou, W.S. (2020). Right Ventricular Dysfunction and Ventricular Arrhythmias: Challenges in Diagnosis. In: Natale, A., Wang, P., Al-Ahmad, A., Estes, N. (eds) Cardiac Electrophysiology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28533-3_9

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