Clinical characteristics of the “hot phase” of arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy in a pediatric patient

Abstract

This article describes a rare clinical manifestation of arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy in a 13-year-old boy - the “hot phase”, characterized by severe chest pain and a significant increase on a level of troponin I. The clinical case demonstrates the difficulties of the differential diagnosis of this disease and an importance of an integrated approach to examination of the patient, including cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and genetic testing.