TY - JOUR
T1 - Unusual cardiac manifestations in a patient with myotonic muscular dystrophy
AU - Rechavia, Eldad
AU - Strasberg, Boris
AU - Agmon, Jacob
PY - 1986/6
Y1 - 1986/6
N2 - We report on a patient with myotonic muscular dystrophy in whom mitral valve prolapse associated with prolonged PR interval and left anterior hemiblock was documented 3 years before any clinical evidence of myotonia, muscle weakness or wasting. One year after diagnosis had been established, he developed atrial flutter with 1:1 atrioventricular conduction, an arrhythmia that in addition to complete heart block and ventricular arrhythmias may account for the occurrence of syncope and sudden death in this group of patients.
AB - We report on a patient with myotonic muscular dystrophy in whom mitral valve prolapse associated with prolonged PR interval and left anterior hemiblock was documented 3 years before any clinical evidence of myotonia, muscle weakness or wasting. One year after diagnosis had been established, he developed atrial flutter with 1:1 atrioventricular conduction, an arrhythmia that in addition to complete heart block and ventricular arrhythmias may account for the occurrence of syncope and sudden death in this group of patients.
KW - atrial flutter
KW - mitral valve prolapse
KW - myotonic muscular dystrophy
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0022592701&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/0167-5273(86)90039-2
DO - 10.1016/0167-5273(86)90039-2
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AN - SCOPUS:0022592701
SN - 0167-5273
VL - 11
SP - 349
EP - 352
JO - International Journal of Cardiology
JF - International Journal of Cardiology
IS - 3
ER -