FIGURE 1 | Schematic representation of the cardiac desmosome showing the major proteins involved.

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Cardiomyopathies: New test for arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy

J. Peter van Tintelen & Richard N. W. Hauer

Nature Reviews Cardiology 6, 450-451 (July 2009)

doi:10.1038/nrcardio.2009.97

CardiomyopathiesNew test for arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy

Abbreviations: DES, desmin; DM, dense midline; DSC2, desmocollin 2; DSG2, desmoglein 2; DSP, desmoplakin; IDP, inner dense plaque; ODP, outer dense plaque; PG, plakoglobin; PKP2, plakophilin 2; PM, plasma membrane. Permission obtained from Wolters Kluwer Health © van Tintelen, J. P. et al. Curr. Opin. Cardiol. 22, 185–192 (2007).

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