Abstract
Right ventricular morphologic and/or histologic abnormalities were present in 5 of 6 Japanese men with the Brugada syndrome. Results indicate that arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy may underlie the cardiac manifestations in the Brugada syndrome.
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Bundle-Branch Block / etiology*
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Cardiomyopathies / complications*
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Cardiomyopathies / diagnostic imaging
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Cardiomyopathies / pathology
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Death, Sudden, Cardiac / etiology*
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Electrocardiography
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Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging
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Heart Ventricles / pathology*
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Humans
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Retrospective Studies
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Syndrome
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Ventricular Fibrillation / etiology*