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Two-dimensional echocardiographic investigation of a child with frequent isolated ventricular extrasystoles revealed an area of right ventricular dysplasia. This finding may signify a less favorable prognosis and justifies careful echocardiography in the evaluation of asymptomatic ventricular extrasystoles of left bundle branch block morphology in children.
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Patterson, M.W.H., De Souza, E. Two-dimensional echocardiographic diagnosis of arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia presenting as frequent ventricular extrasystoles in a child. Pediatr Cardiol 9, 41–43 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02279883
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