Publications by authors named "Matheus de Souza Freitas"
Clinical Features, Genetic Findings, and Risk Stratification in Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy: Data From a Brazilian Cohort.
Natália Quintella Sangiorgi Olivetti Luciana Sacilotto Fanny Wulkan Gabrielle D'Arezzo Pessente Mariana Lombardi Peres de Carvalho Matheus de Souza Freitas
Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol
February 2023
Background: Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC), a rare inherited disease, causes ventricular tachycardia, sudden cardiac death, and heart failure (HF). We investigated ARVC clinical features, genetic findings, natural history, and the occurrence of life-threatening arrhythmic events (LTAEs), HF death, or heart transplantation (HF-death/HTx) to identify risk factors.
Methods: The clinical course of 111 consecutive patients with definite ARVC, predictors of LTAE, HF-death/HTx, and combined events were analyzed in the entire cohort and in a subgroup of 40 patients without sustained ventricular arrhythmia before diagnosis.