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Advances in Genetics: Recessive Forms

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Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia (ARVC/D) is a genetically determined heart muscle disorder that presents clinically with ventricular arrhythmias, heart failure, and sudden death [1, 2]. The pathological process consists of progressive loss of ventricular myocardium with fibrofatty replacement [2]. The right ventricle is mostly involved [1] but presentation of disease with predominantly left ventricular involvement has been recently reported [3].

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  1. Yannis Protonotarios Medical Centre, Hora Naxos, Naxos, Greece

    Nikos Protonotarios MD & Adalena Tsatsopoulou MD

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  1. Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Sarver Heart Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

    Frank I. Markus

  2. Department of Cardiological, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua, Italy

    Andrea Nava

  3. Department of Medical Diagnostic Sciences, University of Padua, Italy

    Gaetano Thiene

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Protonotarios, N., Tsatsopoulou, A. (2007). Advances in Genetics: Recessive Forms. In: Markus, F.I., Nava, A., Thiene, G. (eds) Arrhythmogenic RV Cardiomyopathy/Dysplasia. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-0490-0_3

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