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A different background of arrhythmia in siblings with a positive family history of sudden death at young age

Authors :
Rafał Płoski
Zofia T. Bilińska
Mateusz Śpiewak
Małgorzata Stępień-Wojno
Rafał Baranowski
Maria Franaszczyk
Jacek Grzybowski
Robert Bodalski
Source :
Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology
Publication Year :
2019
Publisher :
Wiley, 2019.

Abstract

We present two symptomatic sisters who had a positive family history of sudden death. None of them had structural heart disease. In the 25‐year‐old proband, complex ventricular arrhythmia, cardiac conduction system disease, and skeletal muscle weakness were found. Genetic examination showed a pathogenic intronic variant in the desmin gene in the proband only. In the elder sister with palpitations, complex ventricular arrhythmia (>46 000 ectopic beats) was removed by radiofrequency ablation. This family case shows that complex ventricular arrhythmia may have different background within one family, genetic examinations should be performed in a person with broadest spectrum of symptoms.

Details

ISSN :
1542474X and 1082720X
Volume :
25
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....07e28af5bc12946ae4acc1e1b57a31a2
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1111/anec.12707