2.Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia/Fibrillation in a Patient with Right Ventricular Amyloidosis with Initial Manifestations Mimicking Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia/Cardiomyopathy.
Fa Po CHUNG ; Yenn Jiang LIN ; Ling KUO ; Shih Ann CHEN
Korean Circulation Journal 2017;47(2):282-285
Differentiating arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy (ARVD/C) from other cardiomyopathies is clinically important but challenging. Although the modified Task Force Criteria can facilitate diagnosis of ARVD/C according to clinical manifestations, histopathological examination plays a pivotal role in excluding other diseases that can mimic ARVD/C. Here, we report a patient with amyloidosis that initially presented similarly to ARVD/C. The diagnosis was confirmed by endomyocardial biopsy, and catheter ablation eliminated the ventricular tachyarrhythmias through an epicardial approach.
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Amyloidosis*
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Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia
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Biopsy
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Cardiomyopathies
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Catheter Ablation*
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Catheters*
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Diagnosis
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Humans
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Tachycardia
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Tachycardia, Ventricular
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