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However, ARVC-like phenotypes may also arise from non-desmosomal genetic backgrounds, creating diagnostic challenges and raising the concept of phenocopies.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Case summary<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      We describe two contrasting cases of arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy. Case 1 is a middle-aged man presenting with atrial fibrillation and imaging evidence of right ventricular (RV) fatty infiltration, repolarization abnormalities, and positive signal-averaged electrocardiogram (ECG)\n                      <jats:bold>,<\/jats:bold>\n                      in whom a pathogenic RIT1 variant was identified without desmosomal mutations. This case was interpreted as a RASopathy-associated arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy phenocopy. Case 2 is a woman with severe RV dysfunction, ventricular arrhythmia burden, characteristic ECG findings, a strong family history of sudden cardiac death, and a likely pathogenic DSG2 variant, fulfilling multiple major Task Force Criteria for classic ARVC and requiring implantable cardioverter-defibrillator implantation.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>These cases highlight the genetic and phenotypic heterogeneity of ARVC and emphasize the importance of multimodality imaging and extended genetic testing to distinguish classic desmosomal disease from phenocopies.<\/jats:p>\n                  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