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MR demonstration of septal involvement in arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia

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Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia (ARVD) is a heart muscle disease of unknown origin. Although MR imaging is regarded as the best technique for the demonstration of functional and structural abnormalities in ARVD, fat deposits in the interventricular septum have never been documented on MR imaging. We report the case of interventricular septal fatty deposition demonstrated by fat-suppressed MR imaging in a 48-year-old man.

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  1. Service de Radiologie et d’Imagerie Médicale, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Henri Mondor, Avenue du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny, 94010, Créteil Cedex, France

    Caroline Malhaire & Alain Rahmouni

  2. Service de Cardiologie, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Henri Mondor, Avenue du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny, 94010, Créteil Cedex, France

    Jérôme Garot

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Malhaire, C., Garot, J. & Rahmouni, A. MR demonstration of septal involvement in arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia. Eur Radiol 15, 881–883 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-004-2470-6

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