Transient global amnesia associated with cardiac arrhythmia and digitalis intoxication.
A 54-year-old woman with transient global amnesia (TGA) was found to have digitalis-induced bradyarrhythmia with atrioventricular dissociation. The amnesia cleared only upon resolution of the arrhythmia. Cardiac arrhythmia has been postulated as a cause, but TGA in the setting of cardiac arrhythmia has not been documented previously. Cardiac arrhythmia should be excluded in patients with TGA, and TGA, a syndrome diagnosed on clinical grounds alone, must be recognized as one possible manifestation of treatable, potentially serious cardiac or cerebrovascular disease.
D000647:Amnesia / Q000209:etiology*; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000150:complications*; D001919:Bradycardia / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000150:complications; D004074:Digitoxin / Q000506:poisoning*; D005260:Female; D006327:Heart Block / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D006852:Hydrochlorothiazide / Q000009:adverse effects; D007008:Hypokalemia / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000150:complications; D008274:Magnesium / Q000097:blood; D008875:Middle Aged; D012110:Reserpine / Q000009:adverse effects
D006852:Hydrochlorothiazide; D012110:Reserpine; D004074:Digitoxin; D008274:Magnesium