A Novel Diagnostic Score Integrating Atrial Dimensions to Differentiate between the Athlete's Heart and Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy.

Valentina Alice Rossi David NiederseerJustyna M SokolskaBoldizsar KovacsSarah CostaAlessio GasperettiCorinna BrunckhorstDeniz AkdisFelix C TannerFirat DuruChristian M SchmiedArdan M Saguner

Published in: Journal of clinical medicine (2021)

ARVC patients present with significantly larger RA compared to athletes, resulting in a greater RAVI/LAVI ratio. Our novel diagnostic score includes readily available clinical parameters and has a high diagnostic accuracy to differentiate between ARVC and the athlete's heart.

Keyphrases

heart failure
end stage renal disease
atrial fibrillation
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
peritoneal dialysis
rheumatoid arthritis
prognostic factors
left ventricular