[Cardiac involvement in the course of Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy].
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.
Wozakowska-Kapļon
Beata
B
Swietokrzyskie Centrum Kardiologii Wojewódzkiego Szpitala Zespolonego w Kielcach.
Janion
Marianna
M
Stepień
Alicja
A
D000328:Adult; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020389:Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss / Q000150:complications*