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...Beverly Hills Chihuahua” and the painful seriousness of a “Revolutionary Road.” “State of Play” is simply smart entertainment, which seems to have become something of a rarity in Hollywood. —Staff writer Claire J. Saffitz can be reached at csaffitz@fas.harvard.edu...
...This is a disease, more than any other we know of, where the risk of dying suddenly is the greatest,” said Jeffrey E. Saffitz, one of the authors and a professor of pathology at the Medical School...
Often the first and only manifestation of the disease is when an individual “drops dead,” only to be diagnosed with ARVC at the autopsy, Saffitz said...
Previous diagnostic tests relied on characteristic changes that occur when the disease is already far advanced, at which point the patients are near death or require a heart transplant, Saffitz said...
Although the test will involve a heart biopsy, the researchers believe that cardiologists and patients will be more willing to undergo the procedure if they believe a clear-cut diagnosis can be made, said Saffitz...