Ventricular predominance in biventricular arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy: Should new subtype criteria be recognized?

Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy is a biventricular disease in which the effect on the left ventricle can be either equivalent to or more severe than that on the right ventricle. It is a rare disease due to its low reported prevalence and typically becomes clinically evident during the second to fourth decade of life. It represents 4% of sudden cardiac death cases referred for autopsy and 10% of cases of unexplained cardiac arrest.

Role of molecular imaging in the diagnosis of prosthetic aortic valve endocarditis by : a case report.

Background: Infective endocarditis is a challenging diagnosis that usually requires cardiovascular image confirmation as part of the approach. F-Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (F-FDG-PET/CT) is an imaging technique more sensible for the diagnosis of prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) when echocardiography is inconclusive.

Case Summary: We present the case of a 35-year-old man who had a previous Bentall-De Bono procedure 4 years prior that included biological, national institute of cardiology (INC)-type, locally manufactured aortic valve replacement and woven Dacron tube graft implantation in the ascending aorta.