Left-dominant arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy due to desmoplakin mutation: a case report.

The case of a 49-year-old man with acute onset of heart failure is presented. The initial work-up showed a dilated cardiomyopathy with severely reduced left ventricular ejection fraction. In the differential diagnostic process, hypertensive, ischaemic, and valvular aetiologies were discarded.