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Clinical data, including family history, 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG), signal-averaged ECG, 24-h Holter monitoring, imaging techniques, genetic testing, and other relevant information, were collected.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>All patients were classified into three variants: ACM of right ventricle (ACM-RV; <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20096, 46.1%), biventricular ACM (ACM-BV; <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20093, 23.1%), and ACM of left ventricle (ACM-LV; <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20094, 30.8%). The most common symptoms at presentations were syncope (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20096; 46.1%) and palpitations (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20095; 38.5%). All patients had more than 500 premature ventricular contractions per day. Ventricular tachycardia was reported in 10 patients (76.9%), and right ventricular dilatation was registered in 8 patients (61.5%). An implantable cardiac defibrillator was implanted in 61.5% of cases, and three patients with biventricular involvement underwent heart transplantation. Desmosomal mutations were identified in 8 children (53.8%), including four patients with <jats:italic>PKP2<\/jats:italic> variants, two with <jats:italic>DSP<\/jats:italic> variants, one with <jats:italic>DSG2<\/jats:italic> variant, and one with <jats:italic>JUP<\/jats:italic>. Four patients carried compound heterozygous variants in desmosomal genes associated with left ventricular involvement.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Arrhythmias and structural heart disease, such as chamber dilatation, should raise suspicion of different ACM phenotypes. Diagnosis of ACM might be difficult in pediatric patients, especially for ACM-LV and ACM-BV forms. 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