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SUBMITTER: Alania-Torres E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8545905 | biostudies-literature | 2021
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Alania-Torres Edgardo E Morillas-Climent Herminio H García-Escrivá Alexandre A Vinueza-Buitrón Paul P Poquet-Catalá Inmaculada I Zorio Esther E Sánchez-Lázaro Ignacio José IJ Galcerá-Jornet Emilio E Valle-Muñoz Alfonso A
Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine 20211012
Arrhythmogenic left ventricular cardiomyopathy (ALVC) is a rare heritable heart-muscle disorder characterized by a progressive loss of left ventricular myocardium and its replacement by fibrofatty tissue. Myocarditis is an inflammatory disease of the heart that may occur secondary to infections, immune system activation or exposure to drugs. Hot phases of ALVC present with chest pain and troponin rise, mimicking acute viral myocarditis and indicate a progression of the disease. Recently, myocard ...[more]