When Rare Illuminates Common: How Cardiocutaneous Syndromes Transformed Our Perspective on Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy
2014
AbstractThe classic cardiocutaneous syndromes of Naxos and Carvajal are rare. The myocardial disorder integral to their pathology – arrhythmogenic
cardiomyopathy– is arguably not uncommon, with a prevalence of up to 1 in 1,000 despite almost certain under-recognition. Yet the study of cardiocutaneous syndromes has been integral to evolution of the contemporary perspective of arrhythmogenic
cardiomyopathy– its clinical course, disease spectrum, genetics, and cellular and molecular mechanisms. Here we discuss how recognition of the association of hair and skin abnormalities with underlying heart disease transformed our conception of a little-understood but important cause of
sudden cardiac death.
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