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19725456

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-9-3
pubmed:abstractText
A 19-year-old man suffered a cardiac arrest during a promenade with his friends. Cardiac resuscitation was started immediately. Anamnesis uncovered that the father as well as a cousin of the patient suffered from myotonic dystrophy (MD). Follow-up ECG monitoring showed intercurrent III degree AV-block as well as several asymptomatic episodes of ventricular tachycardias, atrial flutter with changing conduction and atrial fibrillation. Neuromuscular testing and genetic analyses confirmed the diagnosis of a myotonic dystrophy. Myotonic dystrophy (MD) is a chronic, slowly progressing, autosomal dominant inherited multisystemic disease.The clinical presentation is characterized by wasting of the muscles with delayed relaxation, cataracts and endocrine changes. MD is associated with both cardiac conduction disturbances and structural heart abnormalities. Electrocardiographic abnormalities include conduction disturbances or tachyarrhythmias. This case illustrates that potentially lethal arrhythmias inducing sudden cardiac death may occur in MD patients even in the absence of neurologic symptoms characterizing the systemic illness.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0001-5385
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
64
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
567-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Myotonic dystrophy as a potential killer.
pubmed:affiliation
Cardiac Unit, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, Switzerland. roman.brenner@kssg.ch
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports