Historical background of formation of ideas about arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (literature review)

Over the past 40 years, the understanding of arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM) has changed significantly. Thus, with the advent of new knowledge, different terms have been used to name this heart disease: arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia (ARVD), arrhyth­mogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC), and arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia (ARVC/ARVD). In 1995, this heart disease was included in the World Health Organization classification of cardiomyopathies under the name ARVC. With the discovery of the left ventricular variant, the term ACM was introduced. The review presents generalized historical aspects in the development of knowledge about this pathology: from the first mention of the disease to the present.