Recurrent Syncope in a Young Man: What Lies Underneath?

Abstract

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy is an autosomal dominant genetic disease which leads to fatty replacement of the right ventricular myocardium, leading to the occurrence of ventricular arrhythmia. We present the case of a 19-year-old male who had recurrent episodes of syncope and was diagnosed to have arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy with biventricular involvement, secondary to a heterozygous mutation in the desmoplakin gene.