Acute Myocardial Infarction-Like Events in Related Patients With a Desmoplakin-Associated Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy.

ABSTRACT: Patients with familial arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy typically present with ventricular arrhythmias or progressive heart failure. This paper characterizes a rare presentation of an underlying genetic cardiomyopathy with clinical manifestations mimicking an acute myocardial infarction in 2 siblings, each with the same mutation in the desmoplakin (DSP) gene. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.).

SUBMITTER: Singh SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8571794 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature