Is cardiac MRI an effective test for arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy diagnosis?

Table 3 Study population

Time period	May 2006-Feb 2010
Total No. of patients referred	121
Total No. of patients scanned	114
Age range	16 to 83
16-20	7 (6%)
21-30	19 (17%)
31-40	25 (22%)
41-50	28 (24%)
51-60	21 (18%)
61-70	10 (9%)
71-80	3 (3%)
81-90	1 (1%)
Males	63 (55%)
Females	51 (45%)
Referrals
Teaching Hospitals	96 (84%)
District General Hospitals	18 (16%)
Reasons for referral
Arrhythmias	34 (30%)
Family history of sudden death	23 (20%)
Others	57 (50%)
Others
Abnormal RV in echo	22 (19%)
Brugada syndrome	8 (7%)
Syncope	8 (7%)
Palpitations	6 (5%)
Dilated cardiomyopathy in echo	4 (3.5%)
Frequent ectopics	4 (3.5%)
SVT	3 (3%)
Abnormal LV	1 (1%)
Cardiac arrest	1 (1%)

RV: Right ventricle; LV: Left ventricle.