familial polymorphic ventricular tachycardia

Pathology

• no structural evidence of myocardial disease

Genetics

• autosomal-dominant
• associated with defects in RYR2

Clinical manifestations

• relatively early onset
• mortality rate of approximately 30% by the age of 30 years

Diagnostic procedures

• exercise-stress testing
  • salvoes of polymorphic ventricular tachycardias in response to vigorous exercise

More general terms

• genetic disease of the heart
• polymorphic ventricular tachycardia

Database

• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/192605