Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy in a Pediatric Patient

Rob W. Roudijk, MD; Reinder Evertz, MD; Arco J. Teske, MD, PhD; Carlo Marcelis, MD; Dennis Bosboom, MD; Birgitta K. Velthuis, MD, PhD; Floris E.A. Udink ten Cate, MD, PhD; Anneline S.J.M. te Riele, MD, PhD

JACC: Case Reports (Jun 2020)

Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy in a Pediatric Patient

Rob W. Roudijk, MD,
Reinder Evertz, MD,
Arco J. Teske, MD, PhD,
Carlo Marcelis, MD,
Dennis Bosboom, MD,
Birgitta K. Velthuis, MD, PhD,
Floris E.A. Udink ten Cate, MD, PhD,
Anneline S.J.M. te Riele, MD, PhD

Affiliations

Rob W. Roudijk, MD: Department of Cardiology, Division of Heart and Lungs, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Reinder Evertz, MD: Department of Cardiology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Arco J. Teske, MD, PhD: Department of Cardiology, Division of Heart and Lungs, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Carlo Marcelis, MD: Department of Clinical Genetics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Dennis Bosboom, MD: Department of Radiology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Birgitta K. Velthuis, MD, PhD: Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Floris E.A. Udink ten Cate, MD, PhD: Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Academic Center for Congenital Heart Disease, Amalia Children’s Hospital, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Sophia Children’s Hospital, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Anneline S.J.M. te Riele, MD, PhD: Department of Cardiology, Division of Heart and Lungs, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands; Address for correspondence: Dr. Anneline S.J.M. te Riele, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3508 GA, Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 6
pp. 919 – 924

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Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is rarely diagnosed in childhood. We describe the case of a 9-year-old girl with genetically confirmed ARVC who presented with syncope, ventricular arrhythmia, and biventricular myocardial dysfunction. This case highlights the need for development of pediatric ARVC diagnosis criteria specific for pediatric patients and discusses potential diagnostic improvement using echocardiographic deformation imaging. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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