Corry B Sanford, Jerry Fan, Yinan Hua, Lazaros Nikolaidis, Whitney Edmister, Sarah Payne, Hari Dandapantula, Manik Veer, Vinh Nguyen
Background: Arrhythmogenic left ventricular cardiomyopathy is an increasingly recognized cause of recurrent myocarditis, a mimicker of acute coronary syndrome, and an important cause of malignant ventricular arrythmias and heart failure. Desmoplakin is a protein that is critical to maintaining the structural integrity of the myocardium. Disruption of desmoplakin leads to fibrofatty infiltration of the myocardium which leads to congestive heart failure, cardiac arrhythmias, and sudden cardiac death. However, desmoplakin cardiomyopathy is often misdiagnosed, resulting in significant morbidity and mortality...
2024: Ochsner Journal