Sudden Death in Childhood Due to Right Ventricular Dysplasia: Report of Two Cases

Bruce R. Pawel Department of Pathology, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children and Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Jean-Pierre De Chadarévian Department of Pathology, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children and Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

John H. Wolk Department of Pathology, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children and Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Richard M. Donner Department of Pediatrics, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children and Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

R. Lee Vogel Department of Pediatrics, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children and Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Paula Braverman Department of Pediatrics, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children and Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Abstract

Two cases of sudden death due to arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia (ARVD) occurring in the pediatric age group are described. One of the subjects, at the age of 7 years, is believed to be the youngest child in whom ARVD has been diagnosed at autopsy. The clinical and pathological characteristics of ARVD are discussed.

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