Diseases

Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia

A congenital cardiomyopathy that is characterized by infiltration of adipose and fibrous tissue into the RIGHT VENTRICLE wall and loss of myocardial cells. Primary injuries usually are at the free wall of right ventricular and right atria resulting in ventricular and supraventricular arrhythmias.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

A congenital cardiomyopathy that is characterized by infiltration of adipose and fibrous tissue into the RIGHT VENTRICLE wall and loss of myocardial cells. Primary injuries usually are at the free wall of right ventricular and right atria resulting in ventricular and supraventricular arrhythmias.

MeSH Record

Classification

Broader headings

Related Concepts

Knowledge Graph

Loading graph…

Drag nodes to rearrange; hover to trace links; click a node to open its page.

MeSH Record

Synonyms

7 entry terms
  • ARVD-C
  • Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy
  • Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy-Dysplasia
  • Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia-Cardiomyopathy
  • Right Ventricular Dysplasia, Arrhythmogenic
  • Ventricular Dysplasia, Right, Arrhythmogenic
  • Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy Dysplasia

MeSH Record

Aspects Covered

34 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

MeSH Record

History Note

98

MeSH Record

Previous Indexing

  • Arrhythmia (1981-1992)
  • Heart Ventricle (1978-1997)
  • Myocardial Diseases (1981-1997)
  • Tachycardia (1978-1992)
  • Tachycardia, Ventricular (1993-1997)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Numbers

  1. C14w.240.400w.145w
  2. C14w.280w.238w.028w
  3. C14w.280w.400w.145w
  4. C16w.131w.240.400w.145w

MeSH Record

NLM Classification

WG 220

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D019571. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D019571
  2. Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrhythmogenic_cardiomyopathy
  3. Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2555727