RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Digital subtraction angiography in the diagnosis of arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 569
OP 571
VO 52
IS 4
A1 Dean M. Pollock
A1 Lon W. Castle
A1 Robert Detrano
A1 Richard Sterba
YR 1985
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/52/4/569.abstract
AB Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia (ARVD) is a pathologic entity consisting of abnormal structure and function of the right ventricular myocardium, causing arrhythmias and heart failure. The diagnosis is based on electrocardiographic or electrophysiologic evidence that the arrhythmia arises in the right ventricle, as well as angiographic evidence of abnormal right ventricular contraction. The authors used intravenous digital subtraction techniques in making this diagnosis in 2 patients and suggest the use of these techniques for patients with right ventricular tachycardia to rule out ARVD.