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An Affected Child With Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia and Severe Left Ventricle Dysfunction: A Rare Case Report Publisher



Zeinaloo AA1 ; Moghadam EA1 ; Salimi A2 ; Ghamari A3 ; Mojtabavi H1 ; Golchin AB1 ; Meshkat S3
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  1. 1. Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  2. 2. Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  3. 3. Growth and Development Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran

Source: Journal of Comprehensive Pediatrics Published:2020


Abstract

Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia (ARVD) was diagnosed in a nine-year-old boy following the presentation of generalized edema, ascites, and palpitation. Typical signs of ARVD on electrocardiography (ECG) and echocardiography were detected in initial assessments. On echocardiography, severe right ventricle dysfunction, free tricuspid regurgitation, and left ventricle ejection fraction (EF) of 45% - 50% were reported. Cardiac magnetic resonance images showed severely enlarged right ventricle size with severely reduced systolic function. Prolonged episodes of sinus bradycardia and atrial fibrillation were noted at each hospitalization. Severe LV dysfunction and free Tricuspid regurgitation have not heretofore been reported in the medical literature. © 2019, Journal of Comprehensive Pediatrics. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits copy and redistribute the material just in noncommercial usages, provided the original work is properly cited.