Two-dimensional echocardiographic diagnosis of arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia presenting as frequent ventricular extrasystoles in a child

M W Patterson; E De Souza

doi:10.1007/BF02279883

Two-dimensional echocardiographic diagnosis of arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia presenting as frequent ventricular extrasystoles in a child

Pediatr Cardiol. 1988;9(1):41-3. doi: 10.1007/BF02279883.

Authors

M W Patterson¹, E De Souza

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiology, Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

PMID: 2450338
DOI: 10.1007/BF02279883

Abstract

Two-dimensional echocardiographic investigation of a child with frequent isolated ventricular extrasystoles revealed an area of right ventricular dysplasia. This finding may signify a less favorable prognosis and justifies careful echocardiography in the evaluation of asymptomatic ventricular extrasystoles of left bundle branch block morphology in children.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Bundle-Branch Block / diagnosis
Bundle-Branch Block / physiopathology
Cardiac Complexes, Premature / diagnosis*
Cardiac Complexes, Premature / physiopathology
Child, Preschool
Echocardiography*
Female
Heart Defects, Congenital / diagnosis*
Heart Defects, Congenital / physiopathology
Heart Ventricles / abnormalities*
Humans