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Table 1 Summary of the ARVC mimics

From: Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy mimics: role of cardiovascular magnetic resonance

ARVC mimics

n

Specific diagnoses

n

Cardiac Displacement

17

Pectus excavatum

9

Pectus Carinatum

1

Kyphoscoliosis

1

Other Chest Deformity

4

Partial Absence of Pericardium

1

  

Breast Implants and pectus carinatum

1

RV pressure/volume overload

7

Ostium secundum ASD

4

Sinus Venosus ASD

1

Tricuspid Regurgitation

1

  

Pulmonary Hypertension

1

Scarring

4

Myocarditis

2

Sarcoidosis

1

  

Inferior MI

1

Dual pathology

1

ARVC + Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Drainage

1

Dual mimic

1

Marked Scoliosis + Infero-lateral LV aneurysm

1

  1. Abbreviations: ARVC arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy; ASD atrial septal defect; MI myocardial infarction; LV left ventricle.