Electrocardiographic and echocardiographic abnormalities in patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy and in their pedigrees

Authors
Yoshioka, N Tsuchihashi, K Yuda, S Hashimoto, A Uno, K Nakata, T Shimamoto, K
Citation
N. Yoshioka et al., Electrocardiographic and echocardiographic abnormalities in patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy and in their pedigrees, AM J CARD, 85(7), 2000, pp. 885
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiovascular & Respiratory Systems","Cardiovascular & Hematology Research
Journal title
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
ISSN journal
00029149 → ACNP
Volume
85
Issue
7
Year of publication
2000
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(20000401)85:7<885:EAEAIP>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
Electrocardiographic and echocardiographic evaluations in 18 patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) and 29 family member s (25 males and 25 females from 7 pedigrees) aged 5 to 64 years (mean +/- 1 SD 30 +/- 16) revealed that 5 of 28 ARVC family members (17%) fulfilled AR VC Task Force criteria. Indexes on late potentials of the signal-averaged e lectrocardiogram had a significant linear correlation with the age of patie nts with ARVC and of family members with echocardiographic wall motion abno rmality.