Newly Diagnosed Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia in an Octogenarian
- 1 December 2008
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology
- Vol. 19 (12), 1316-1318
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-8167.2008.01241.x
Abstract
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy (ARVD/C) is thought to be a disease of the young, with the majority of newly diagnosed patients under 40 years of age. Establishing this diagnosis in elderly patients may be challenging, and a few reports exist of patients older than 70 years diagnosed with ARVD/C at autopsy. We report the case of an octogenarian with antemortem newly diagnosed ARVD/C. This case report represents the oldest patient to date to have a newly established diagnosis of ARVD/C and highlights the difficulty in making the diagnosis in the elderly.Keywords
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