Selected articles on ARVD/C in the medical literature published from January 2000 through January 2009. Many abstracts are available by searching PUBMED

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Nirommand F et al. Electrophysiological characteristics and outcome in patients with idiopathic right ventricular arrhythmia compared with arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia. Heart. 2002 Jan;87(1):41-7.

Marcus FI, Zareba W.  The electrocardiogram in right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia. How can the electrocardiogram assist in understanding the pathologic and functional changes
of the heart in this disease? J Electrocardiol. 2009 Feb 3.

Park Y, Cho Y, Lee DY, Jang GL, Lee H, Yang DH, Park HS, Chae SC, Jun JE, Park WH.  Correlation between the parameters of signal-averaged ECG and two-dimensional echocardiography in patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy.
Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol. 2009 Jan;14(1):50-6.

Wu S, Wang P, Hou Y, Yang P, Xiao Y, Zhan X.  Epsilon wave in arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2009 Jan;32(1):59-63.

Peters S, Selbig D.  Early repolarization phenomenon in arrhythmogenic right ventricular
dysplasia-cardiomyopathy and sudden cardiac arrest due to ventricular fibrillation.
Europace. 2008 Dec;10(12):1447-9. Epub 2008 Oct 22.

Haapalahti P, Viitasalo M, Kaartinen M, Väänänen H, Oikarinen L, Heliö T, Toivonen L.
 Electrocardiographic ventricular repolarization during cardiovascular autonomic function testing in patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy. Scand Cardiovasc J. 2008 Dec;42(6):375-82.

Peters S, Trümmel M, Koehler B.  QRS fragmentation in standard ECG as a diagnostic marker of arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia-cardiomyopathy. Heart Rhythm. 2008 Oct;5(10):1417-21. Epub 2008 Jul 11.

Cox MG, Nelen MR, Wilde AA, Wiesfeld AC, van der Smagt JJ, Loh P, Cramer MJ, Doevendans PA, van Tintelen JP, de Bakker JM, Hauer RN.  Activation delay and VT parameters in arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy: toward improvement of diagnostic ECG criteria. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2008 Aug;19(8):775-81. Epub 2008 Mar 26.

Peters S.  Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia-cardiomyopathy and provocable
coved-type ST-segment elevation in right precordial leads: clues from long-term follow-up.
Europace. 2008 Jul;10(7):816-20. Epub 2008 Feb 27.

Henningsen K, Christensen AH, Svendsen JH. [Ventricular tachyarrhythmias in patients with cardiomyopathy] Ugeskr Laeger. 2008 Jun 16;170(25):2238-42. Danish.

Nakai K, Tsuboi J, Okabayashi H, Fukushima A, Itoh M, Kawata H, Miyake F, Kasanuki H. Development of a signal-averaged vector-projected 187-channel high-resolution electrocardiogram for the evaluation of the spatial location of high-frequency potentials and abnormal ventricular repolarization. Int Heart J. 2007 Nov;48(6):701-13.

Furushima H, Chinushi M, Okamura K, Iijima K, Komura S, Tanebe Y, Okada S, Izumi D, Aizawa Y. Comparison of conduction delay in the right ventricular outflow tract between Brugada syndrome and right ventricular cardiomyopathy: investigation of signal average ECG in the precordial leads. Europace. 2007 Oct;9(10):951-6. Epub 2007 Jul 17.

You CC, Tseng YT, Hsieh MH. An epsilon wave in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia. Int J Cardiol. 2007 Jul 10;119(2):e63-4. Epub 2007 Apr 25.

Peters S, Trummel M, Koehler B, Westermann KU. The value of different electrocardiographic depolarization criteria in the diagnosis of arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy. J Electrocardiol. 2006 Nov 20;

Folino AF, Bauce B, Frigo G, Nava A. Long-term follow-up of the signal-averaged ECG in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy: correlation with arrhythmic events and echocardiographic findings. Europace. 2006 Jun;8(6):423-9. Epub 2006 May 11.

Ainsworth CD, Skanes AC, Klein GJ, Gula LJ, Yee R, Krahn AD. Differentiating arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy from right ventricular outflow tract ventricular tachycardia using multilead QRS duration and axis. Heart Rhythm. 2006 Apr;3(4):416-23.

Miljoen H et al. Electroanatomic mapping characteristics of ventricular tachycardia in patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia. Europace. 2005 Nov;7(6):516-24. Epub 2005 Sep 22.

Boulos M, Lashevsky I, Gepstein L. Usefulness of electroanatomical mapping to differentiate between right ventricular outflow tract tachycardia and arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia. Am J Cardiol. 2005 Apr 15;95(8):935-40.

Yoerger DM, Marcus F, Sherrill D, Calkins H, Towbin JA, Zareba W, Picard MH; Multidisciplinary Study of Right Ventricular Dysplasia Investigators. Echocardiographic findings in patients meeting task force criteria for arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia: new insights from the multidisciplinary study of right ventricular dysplasia. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2005 Mar 15;45(6):860-5.

Nasir K et al. Electrocardiographic features of arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy according to disease severity: a need to broaden diagnostic criteria. Circulation. 2004 Sep 21;110(12):1527-34.

Nasir K et al. Filtered QRS duration on signal-averaged electrocardiography predicts inducibility of ventricular tachycardia in arrhythmogenic right ventricle dysplasia. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2003 Oct;26(10):1955-60.

Peters S, Trummel M. Diagnosis of arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia-cardiomyopathy: value of standard ECG revisited. Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol. 2003 Jul;8(3):238-45.

Zou J et al. Dynamic substrate mapping and ablation of ventricular tachycardias in right ventricular dysplasia. J Interv Card Electrophysiol. 2004 Aug; 11(1):37-45.

Roguin A et al. Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2004 May 19; 43(10):1843-52.

Wichter T et al. Implantable cardioverter/defibrillator therapy in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy: single-center experience of long-term follow-up and complications in 60 patients. Circulation. 2004 Mar 30;109(12):1503-8. Epub 2004 Mar 08.

Hiroi Y et al. Carvedilol therapy improved left ventricular function in a patient with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy. Jpn Heart J. 2004 Jan;45(1):169-77.

Corrado D et al. Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy for prevention of sudden death in patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia. Circulation. 2003 Dec 23;108(25):3084-91. Epub 2003 Nov 24.

Fung JW et al. Ablation of nonsustained or hemodynamically unstable ventricular arrhythmia originating from the right ventricular outflow tract guided by noncontact mapping. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2003 Aug; 26(8):1699-705.

Nasir K et al. Utility of SAECG in Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricle Dysplasia. Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol. 2003 Apr;8(2):112-120.

Bauce B, Basso C, Nava A. Signal-averaged electrocardiographic parameter progression as a marker of increased electrical instability in two cases with an overt form of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2002 Mar;25(3):362-4.

Nava, A et al. Signal-averaged electrocardiogram in patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy and ventricular arrhythmias Eur Heart J 2000;21:58-65.

Turrini P et al. Dispersion of ventricular depolarization-repolarization: a noninvasive marker for risk stratification in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy. Circulation. 2001 Jun 26;103(25):3075-80.

Sekiguchi K et al. Evaluation of signal-averaged electrocardiography for clinical diagnosis in arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia. Jpn Heart J. 2001 May;42(3):287-94.

Marcus FI. Electrocardiographic features of inherited disease that predispose to the development of cardiac arrhythmias, long QT syndrome, arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia, and Brugada syndrome. J Electrocardiol. 2000;33 Suppl:1-10.