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World J Cardiol. Jul 26, 2014; 6(7): 675-681
Published online Jul 26, 2014. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v6.i7.675
Published online Jul 26, 2014. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v6.i7.675
Is cardiac MRI an effective test for arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy diagnosis?
Santhi Chellamuthu, Steven M Thomas, Catherine Hill, Peter W G Brown, Department of Radiology, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS trust, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield S5 7AU, United Kingdom
Alyson M Smith, Abdallah Al-Mohammad, Department of Cardiology, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield S5 7AU, United Kingdom
Author contributions: Chellamuthu S and Smith AM contributed to the acquisition, analysis and interpretation of data, drafting and revision of the article; Thomas SM, Hill C, Brown PWG and Al-Mohammad A contributed to the conception and design of the study, revision of the article for important intellectual content; all authors approved the final version to be published.
Correspondence to: Dr. Alyson M Smith, Department of Cardiology, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Northern General Hospital, Herries Road, Sheffield S5 7AU, United Kingdom. smith_alyson@hotmail.com
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Received: April 1, 2014
Revised: May 28, 2014
Accepted: June 27, 2014
Published online: July 26, 2014
Processing time: 141 Days and 3.1 Hours
Revised: May 28, 2014
Accepted: June 27, 2014
Published online: July 26, 2014
Processing time: 141 Days and 3.1 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: This study was designed to evaluate the referrals with suspected Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) and compare the findings of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (cMR) against clinical diagnosis. Currently the diagnosis depends upon a combination of variety of factors including imaging findings. We evaluated all the referrals in our institution over a 4-year period and found a high sensitivity and specificity of cMR for ARVC diagnosis. We have concluded that cMR is a very useful tool for ARVC evaluation because of the very high negative predictive value as the outcome has a significant impact on the clinical decision-making.