Pompe's disease presenting as supraventricular tachycardia.
A Chinese infant with Pompe's disease (type II glycogenosis) had an unusual presentation of supraventricular tachycardia. The patient subsequently died of ventricular fibrillation. The clinical presentation and the mechanism of the arrhythmia are discussed.
Fung
K P
KP
Department of Paediatrics, National University of Singapore.
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Ho
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D006009:Glycogen Storage Disease Type II / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D013617:Tachycardia, Supraventricular / Q000209:etiology*; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000209:etiology