Abstract #4550

The Genealogy of ARVD - A Review of the Development of Guidelines for the Diagnosis of Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia

Tessa Sundaram Cook¹, Francisco Contijoch², Saurabh Jha¹

¹Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States; ²University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Task force guidelines for arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia were developed in 1994 and revised in 2010. This presentation reviews the evolution of the guidelines, particularly with respect to cardiac MRI criteria. Additionally, the presentation critically reviews literature related to the new criteria.