右室心肌病是一奇特的疾病,亦为心律不齐罕见的原因。在青年人死亡例中,此病与肥大性心肌病、二尖瓣脱垂和传导系统异常有关。意大利Padua大学医学院研究人员于1979～1986年对意大利东北部Veneto区60名35岁以下突然死亡者进行了尸检,发现其中12例(7男、5女,年龄13～30岁)有右室心肌病的形态学特征。此病在患者死前未得到诊断,或也未引起注意。5例初发症状即为突然死亡;其余7例有心悸史、晕厥发作,或二者兼有,7例中5例心 Right ventricular cardiomyopathy is a peculiar disease and is also a rare cause of arrhythmia. In the case of young people who die, the disease is associated with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, mitral valve prolapse, and an abnormal conduction system. Researchers from Italy’s Padua University School of Medicine conducted an autopsy of 60 sudden deaths under the age of 35 in Veneto, in northeastern Italy, between 1979 and 1986 and found that 12 (7 men, 5 women, aged 13 to 30 years) had a right ventricle Morphological characteristics of cardiomyopathy. The disease was not diagnosed before the patient died or did not receive any attention. 5 cases of initial symptoms were sudden death; the remaining 7 cases of heart palpitations history, syncope attack, or both, 7 cases in 5 cases of heart