Treatment of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia: an international task force consensus statement

Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padova Medical School, Via N. Giustiniani 2, Padova 35121, Italy; Heart Center Osnabrück-Bad Rothenfelde, Marienhospital Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany; New England Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA; ICIN-Netherlands Heart Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands; University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA, USA; First Cardiology Department, University of Athens, Medical School, Athens, Greece; Cardiovascular Center, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Yannis Protonotarios Medical Centre, Hora Naxos, Greece; Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA; University Hospital of Münster, Münster, Germany; Center of Sports Sciences, Rome, Italy; The Heart Hospital, London, UK; and University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

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