Detection of gene mutation in the prognosis of a patient with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy: a case report.

Background: Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC), or more recently known as arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM), is an heritable disorder of the myocardium characterized by progressive fibrofatty replacement the heart muscle and risk of ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death (SCD). We report a case study to demonstrate the role of gene mutation detection in risk stratification for primary prevention of SCD in a young patient diagnosed with ARVC.

Case Presentation: A 15-year-old Asian (Vietnamese) male patient with no history of documented tachyarrhythmia or syncope and a family history of potential SCD was admitted due to palpitations.