Is cardiac MRI an effective test for arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy diagnosis?

Table 4 Results

RV abnormalities related to ARVC	19 (17%)
Major	4 (4%)
Minor	13 (11%)
Non specific	2 (2%)
Other diagnoses	95 (83%)
Normal	63 (55%)
Dilated cardiomyopathy	8 (7%)
Left to right shunt	1 (1%)
RV infarction	1 (1%)
LV infarction	1 (1%)
Other mild abnormalities	21 (18%)
Clinically proven ARVC	5 (4%)
cMR major	3
cMR minor	2
Non specific (out of 2)	0
Others (out of 95)1	0
Family history of sudden death	23
Clinically proven ARVC	1
Minor and non specific criteria for ARVC (not clinically proven)	3
Normal	15
LV hypertrophy	1
LV dyssynchrony	1
LV infarct	1
Dilated cardiomyopathy	1

¹Clinical data was available for only 81 patients. RV: Right ventricle; ARVC: Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy; LV: Left ventricular.