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| | Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The goal of management of ARVD is to decrease the incidence of sudden cardiac death. | | | A certain subgroup of individuals with ARVD are considered at high risk for sudden cardiac death. | | | Up to 80% of individuals with ARVD present with syncope or sudden cardiac death. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrhythmogenic_right_ventricular_dysplasia
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| | Multidisciplinary Study of Right Ventricular Dysplasia |
| | he Multidisciplinary Study of Right Ventricular Dysplasia is a multidisciplinary, multicenter, collaborative study to investigate the cardiac, clinical, and genetic aspects of arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia. | | | To determine the influence of the genotype on the clinical course of patients with ARVD and explore phenotype-genotype associations that will contribute to improved diagnosis, risk stratification, and therapy. | | | Interested physicians and patients are encouraged to contact the nearest Enrolling Center. |
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http://www.arvd.org
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| | Children's Cardiomyopathy Foundation - Description Of Disorder |
| | In all three cases, the thickening of the muscle walls cause the heart chamber to be stiffer and smaller, making it difficult for blood to flow into and out of the heart effectively. | | | ventricular tachycardia), myocardial ischemia, outflow obstruction, and intense physical activity. | | | Although this is the more common form, the distribution of muscle thickness (hypertrophy), location, and degree of wall thickness may vary greatly among patients. |
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http://www.childrenscardiomyopathy.org/main/description.htm
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| | CHEST: Treatment of presumed arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia in an adolescent |
| | Treatment of ARVD has been pharmacologic and/or surgical.[4-7] The use of AICD to prevent sudden death secondary to tachyarrhythmias has been demonstrated.[15,16] Implantation of this device may also be a suitable option for patients with ARVD. | | | A review of the condition and possible therapies is included. | | | A magnetic resonance examination of the chest revealed hypertrophied left ventricular free wall and interventricular septum. |
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http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0984/is_n1_v104/ai_14105741
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| | ipedia.com: Ventricle (heart) Article |
| | In a four-chambered heart, such as that in humans, there are two ventricles: the right ventricle pumps blood into the pulmonary circulation for the lungs, and the left ventricle pumps blood into the systemic circulation for the rest of the body. | | | Ventricular assist device (VAD), a temporary 'blood-pumping' device for patient use while the heart is 'healing' or 'being fixed' | | | In a four-chambered heart, such as that in humans, there are two ventricles: the right ventric... |
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| | ARVD.net is a repository of information on research and treatment of Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy/Dysplasia ( | | | ARVD.net is intended to provide information to patients and medical doctors. | | | This disease is characterized by progressive fibrofatty replacement of right ventricular myocardium, initially with typical regional and later global right and some left ventricular involvement, with relative sparing of the septum. |
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http://telethon.bio.unipd.it/ARVDnet
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| | ARVD - Page 1 - HeartCenterOnline: |
| | Patients are encouraged to contact the ARVD Registry of North America for further information about the disease and about contacting others with the same condition. | | | ', CAPTION, 'gene therapy');" ONMOUSEOUT="return nd();">gene therapy to treat ARVD. | | | Support is available for ARVD patients and their families. |
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http://heart.healthcentersonline.com/cardiomyopathy/arvd.cfm
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| | Energy Citations Database (ECD) - Energy and Energy-Related Bibliographic Citations |
| | Familial arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy or dysplasia (ARVD) is an idiopathic heart muscle disease with an autosomal-dominant pattern of transmission, characterized by fibro-fatty replacement of the right ventricular myocardium and ventricular arrhythmias. | | | In the present study, three unrelated families with ARVD were investigated. | | | Availability information may be found in the Availability, Publisher, Research Organization, Resource Relation and/or Author (affiliation information) fields and/or via the "Full-text Availability" link. |
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http://www.osti.gov/energycitations/product.biblio.jsp?osti_id=501816
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| | Pediatric Cardiomyopathy |
| | Nonischemic cardiomyopathy may be further divided into four subtypes based upon the specific changes within the heart. | | | These subtypes are: dilated, hypertrophic, restrictive and arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia. |
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http://my.webmd.com/hw/heart_disease/nord1128.asp
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| | MySA.com: Lifestyle Features |
| | After wearing a heart monitor for two weeks, doctors determined it was arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia, a genetic, progressive heart condition and one of the leading causes of sudden death in young athletes. | | | A defibrillator was implanted in James' chest to monitor his heart and shock it back into a normal rhythm. | | | It was during basketball practice at Antonian High School that then-16-year-old James realized something wasn't right. |
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http://www.mysanantonio.com/salife/stories/MYSA030805.1P.teens.excel.11673e0c5.html
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| | Megan, arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia |
| | For all that I had lost from my struggle with ARVD, I had gained in the opportunity to recognize and appreciate the important things in life. | | | It seems that ARVD, although present at birth, does not appear until adolescence, and when it does, the first symptom is most often the last: sudden death. | | | The autopsy revealed an enlarged heart, and, after concentrated research on the part of some of the top cardiologists in the country, the disease was diagnosed: Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia (ARVD). |
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http://www.lehman.cuny.edu/faculty/jfleitas/bandaides/megan.html
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| | ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA/CARDIOMYOPATHY |
| | The potentialities of pharmacological and catheter-technique treatment of ventricular treatment, the use of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator were considered. | | | The authors give their own data when discussing the problem of diagnosis (differential diagnosis) and treatment of ventricular tachyarrhythmias in the patients with the right ventricle arrhythmogenic dysplasia. | | | The current concepts with respect to one of the most prevailing origins of development of the paroxysmal and sustained right-ventricular tachycardias, namely: arrhythmogenic dysplasia/cariomyopathy of the right ventricle are considered in the paper. |
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http://www.incart.spb.ru/vestnic/n20/rez03eng.htm
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| | The disease is characterized by arrhythmic manifestations, possibly due to replacement of myocardium of the right ventricle by fibroadipose tissue. | | | Echocardiographic studies focusing on the size and wall-motion abnormalities of the right ventricle are useful in confirming the diagnosis. | | | Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia (ARVD) is a poorly understood and often underdiagnosed cardiomyopathy. |
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http://telethon.bio.unipd.it/ARVDnet/arvd_clinical.html
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| | Penn State Faculty Research Expertise Database (FRED) |
| | Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia: cardiomyopathy current opinions on diagnostic and therapeutic aspects. | | | Therefore, the syndrome has been labelled Arrhythmogenic RVD Cardiomyopathy.Diagnostic criteria, preliminary genetic data, and clinical manifestations are summarized and critical addressed, using data from the literature and from our own experience. | | | The most important aspects of the ECG in this syndrome are reviewed and stressed with particular attention to initial versus advanced clinical subsets. |
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http://fred.hmc.psu.edu/ds/retrieve/fred/publication/11124713
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| | Mesabi Daily News - Virginia, MN |
| | In the condition, muscle tissue in part of the heart is replaced by fat and fibrous tissue, which can lead to heart attacks. | | | Thomas P. Uncini, the county’s chief medical examiner, said ARVD may be genetic or acquired. | | | The St. Louis County Medical Examiner reported Wednesday that Jarrett Brenner died at halftime of a heart attack, which was caused by a condition called arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia, or ARVD. |
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http://www.virginiamn.com/placed/index.php?sect_rank=2&story_id=199893
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| | Study: MRIs safe for people with pacemakers - Heart Health - MSNBC.com |
| | “Many people, such as the elderly and patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia, who might benefit from an MRI scan, are currently denied them because they have an implanted, electrical heart device,” said Dr. Henry Halperin, a professor of medicine, radiology and biomedical engineering who led the study. |
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http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5581234
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| | Pathology of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia—An autopsy study of 20 forensic cases |
| | Pathology of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia—An autopsy study of 20 forensic cases | | | ARVC has been recognized as a cause of sudden death, especially in the young. | | | Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is characterized histologically by massive infiltration of the right ventricular wall by fat tissue, with surviving strands of cardiomyocytes bordered by or embedded in fibrosis. |
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http://www.astm.org/JOURNALS/FORENSIC/PAGES/2847.htm
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| | Analysis of Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia-5 |
| | The number indicates the strength of association to Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia-5. | | | Follow the green arrows to navigate MeSH-C / MeSH-D / GO-terms relationship derived from our analysis of the whole MEDLINE database, and used to relate the phenotype of this disease to terms of gene functionality. | | | The MeSH-C terms associated to the derived papers were collected. |
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http://www.bork.embl-heidelberg.de/g2d/exam_disease.pl?U23745
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| | Add Url - Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia - |
| | Care Journal : Diseases and Conditions : Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia | | | Add Url - Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia - | | | Submit your web site to related categories only |
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| | Cardiovascular Diseases |
| | Fibromuscular Dysplasia, images - Univ of Cincinnati, College of Medicine (US) | | | Stroke, secondary to fibromuscular dysplasia - via Adam, via MedlinePlus | | | Dilated cardiomyopathy in childhood [Franklin and Burch] - Images in Paediatric Cardiology, 2000/2 (MT) |
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