title: [Cardiac involvement in the course of Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy].
abstract: Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD) is a rare hereditary X-linked disease characterized by progressive muscle weakness, cardiac conduction defects and arrhythmias. Sudden cardiac death common in patients suffering from EDMD has been attributed to advanced atrio-ventricular conduction disorders and ventricular tachyarrhythmias. We present a case of 20-year-old female patient with EDMD, with bradycardia, atrio-ventricular block, non sustained tachyarrhythmia recorded on 24-hour ambulatory ECG, complained of palpitations and presyncope and managed by pacemaker insertion.
authors.affiliation: Swietokrzyskie Centrum Kardiologii Wojewódzkiego Szpitala Zespolonego w Kielcach.
authors.forename: Beata
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wozakowska-Kapļon
authors.forename: Marianna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Janion
authors.forename: Alicja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stepień
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020389:Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss / Q000150:complications*