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The Right Myocardium

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Congenital abnormalities of the right ventricular (RV) myocardium are rare and include arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia (ARVC/D) and Uhl’s anomaly. Though rare, ARVC/D frequently appears in the differential diagnosis of patients with ventricular arrhythmia. We discuss magnetic resonance (MR) and computed tomography (CT) imaging techniques and various aspects of congenital abnormalities of the RV myocardium with special focus on ARVC/D.

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  1. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, 1397-1 Yamane, Hidaka-shi, Saitama, 350-1298, Japan

    Fumiko Kimura MD

  2. Department of Cardiology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 162-0054, Japan

    Nobuhisa Hagiwara MD

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Kimura, F., Hagiwara, N. (2014). The Right Myocardium. In: Saremi, F. (eds) Cardiac CT and MR for Adult Congenital Heart Disease. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8875-0_17

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