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Diagnostic
Features of Arrhythmogenic
Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy |
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Test
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Features
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| Electrocardiogram | Epsilon waves (slurred ST segments) V1-3, inverted T waves V2,V3*) in absence of right bundle branch block |
| Echocardiography | Localized RV aneurysm, isolated RV failure |
| Magnetic resonance imaging | Fatty infiltration of RV |
| Histology | Fatty infiltration of RV |
| * In patients >12 years old; RV = right ventricle | |
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