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Syncope and Recurrent Ventricular Tachycardia with a Newly Identified Desmosomal Gene Mutation

Overview
Journal Glob Cardiol Sci Pract
Specialty Cardiology & Vascular Diseases
Date 2014 Apr 2
PMID 24689027
Authors
Sandeep Banga
Nagib Chalfoun
Bohuslav Finta
Darryl Elmouchi
Musa Dahu
Alan Woelfel
Richard F McNamara
Timothy Fritz
Jennifer I Schuitema
Carly A Judson
Andre Gauri
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Abstract

Ventricular arrhythmias in young people most commonly occur due to the presence of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, long QT syndrome or Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. We present a case in which the patient had exercise induced syncopal spells and was found to have ventricular tachycardia (VT) during both exercise stress testing and an electrophysiology study. Further genetic studies showed a previously unseen desmosomal gene mutation confirming the presence of Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (ARVC).

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