Ventricular arrhythmia in X-linked emery-dreifuss muscular dystrophy: A lesson from an autopsy case

Internal Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 459-462

  Ishikawa, Kiyotake ^a,c   Mimuro, Maya ^b   Tanaka, Toshikazu ^a  

^a Okazaki City Hospital   (Japan)

^b AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Autopsy; Dilated cardiomyopathy; Emerin; Emery Dreifuss muscular dystrophy

Indexed keywords

EMERIN;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; AUTOPSY; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERY DREIFUSS MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FATIGUE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEART WEIGHT; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; LUNG CONGESTION; MALE; MORTALITY; MUSCLE DISEASE; PATIENT MONITORING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; AUTOPSY; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, EMERY-DREIFUSS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 79952349456     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.50.4598     Document Type: Article

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