Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy underlies syndrome of right bundle branch block, ST-segment elevation, and sudden death

H Tada; N Aihara; T Ohe; C Yutani; S Hamada; H Miyanuma; M Takamiya; S Kamakura

doi:10.1016/s0002-9149(97)00942-9

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy underlies syndrome of right bundle branch block, ST-segment elevation, and sudden death

Am J Cardiol. 1998 Feb 15;81(4):519-22. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(97)00942-9.

Authors

H Tada¹, N Aihara, T Ohe, C Yutani, S Hamada, H Miyanuma, M Takamiya, S Kamakura

Affiliation

¹ Division of Cardiology, National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan.

PMID: 9485151
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(97)00942-9

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

Adult
Bundle-Branch Block / etiology*
Cardiomyopathies / complications*
Cardiomyopathies / diagnostic imaging
Cardiomyopathies / pathology
Death, Sudden, Cardiac / etiology*
Electrocardiography
Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging
Heart Ventricles / pathology*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Retrospective Studies
Syndrome
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Ventricular Fibrillation / etiology*