Ardan M Saguner, Alessandra Vecchiati, Samuel H Baldinger, Sina Rüeger, Argelia Medeiros-Domingo, Andreas S Mueller-Burri, Laurent M Haegeli, Patric Biaggi, Robert Manka, Thomas F Lüscher, Guy Fontaine, Etienne Delacrétaz, Rolf Jenni, Leonhard Held, Corinna Brunckhorst, Firat Duru, Felix C Tanner
BACKGROUND: The value of standard 2-dimensional transthoracic echocardiographic parameters for risk stratification in patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia (ARVC/D) is controversial. METHODS AND RESULTS: We investigated the impact of RV fractional area change (FAC) and tricuspid annulus plane systolic excursion (TAPSE) for the prediction of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) defined as the occurrence of cardiac death, heart transplantation, survived sudden cardiac death, ventricular fibrillation, sustained ventricular tachycardia, or arrhythmogenic syncope...
March 2014: Circulation. Cardiovascular Imaging