Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars. 2010; 38(3): 217-221

Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy with predominant left ventricular involvement

Farid Aliyev, Cengizhan Türkoğlu, Cengiz Çeliker
Istanbul University Institute of Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, Istanbul, Turkey

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy is a relatively well-defined clinical entity. This disease is characterized with right ventricular involvement and is an important cause of sudden cardiac death in young patients. However, arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy with left-dominant involvement has recently been better described in the literature. This new presentation may be confused with other diseases such as idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. This review outlines left-dominant arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy in the light of the most recent information.

Keywords: Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/physiopathology, cardiomyopathies/etiology, electrocardiography; heart ventricles/pathology; myocarditis; ventricular dysfunction, left

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