Syncope and recurrent ventricular tachycardia with a newly identified desmosomal gene mutation

Authors

  • Sandeep Banga Frederik Meijer Heart & Vascular Institute, Michigan, USA
  • Nagib Chalfoun Frederik Meijer Heart & Vascular Institute, Michigan, USA
  • Bohuslav Finta Frederik Meijer Heart & Vascular Institute, Michigan, USA
  • Darryl Elmouchi Frederik Meijer Heart & Vascular Institute, Michigan, USA
  • Musa Duha Frederik Meijer Heart & Vascular Institute, Michigan, USA
  • Alan Woelfel Frederik Meijer Heart & Vascular Institute, Michigan, USA
  • Richard F McNamara Frederik Meijer Heart & Vascular Institute, Michigan, USA
  • Timothy Fritz Frederik Meijer Heart & Vascular Institute, Michigan, USA
  • Jennifer I Schuitema Frederik Meijer Heart & Vascular Institute, Michigan, USA
  • Carly A Judson Frederik Meijer Heart & Vascular Institute, Michigan, USA
  • Andre Gauri Frederik Meijer Heart & Vascular Institute, Michigan, USA

Abstract

Ventricular arrhythmias in young people most commonly occur due to the presence of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, long QT syndrome or Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. We present a case in which the patient had exercise induced syncopal spells and was found to have ventricular tachycardia (VT) during both exercise stress testing and an electrophysiology study. Further genetic studies showed a previously unseen desmosomal gene mutation confirming the presence of Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (ARVC). 

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Published

2017-05-29

Issue

Vol. 2013 No. 3 (2013)

Section

Images in cardiology

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This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution license CC BY 4.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.