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Naoki Takemura1, Koichi Kono, Kazuyoshi Tadokoro
1Department of Hypertension and Cardiorenal Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University, Mibu, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan.
Abstract:
We describe a 59-year-old woman with sick sinus syndrome (SSS) and arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC). Diagnosis of SSS was made because she had frequent episodes of sinus arrest with prolonged ventricular asystole. Cardiac images showed a dilated right atrium (RA) and a right ventricle (RV). Electroanatomical mapping of the RA showed extensive scarring with no recordable electrical potentials. Although she had frequent premature ventricular contractions, neither spontaneous ventricular tachycardia (VT) nor induced VT was observed. Microscopic examination of the RV indicated fibrofatty myocardium. Atrial arrhythmias associated with SSS may be the cause of symptoms in some cases of ARVC.
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