title: [A case of symptomatic sinus dysfunction described in oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy. Fortuitous association or syndrome?].
abstract: Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy is a rare genetic disease manifesting after 45years old, affecting the levator muscles of eyelids and muscles of swallowing. We report the first case of a patient of 73years old suffering from an oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy hospitalized for syncope, a complication of severe sinus dysfunction, requiring the implantation of a pacemaker.
authors.affiliation: Clinique de Fontaine, 1, rue des Créots, 21121 Fontaine-les-Dijon, France. Electronic address: ssb21@orange.fr.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Belmihoub-Salmi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001146:Arrhythmia, Sinus / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D039141:Muscular Dystrophy, Oculopharyngeal / Q000150:complications*; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D013575:Syncope / Q000209:etiology; D013577:Syndrome