• Clinical cardiology · Mar 1992

    Case Reports

    A casual spontaneous mutation as possible cause of the familial form of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia).

    • B Canciani, A Nava, V Toso, B Martini, and G Thiene.
    • Department of Cardiology, Medical School, Padua University, Italy.
    • Clin Cardiol. 1992 Mar 1;15(3):217-9.

    AbstractIn a family affected by arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) the familial occurrence was investigated. All 14 members of two generations were investigated carefully, and only 2 (father and one son) members were affected. Both subjects had a massive form of the disease with relevant ventricular arrhythmias. Apart from the limitations of having investigated few subjects, this behavior suggests a genetic mutation appearing in the father and transmitted via an autosomal dominant trait.

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