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Atrial Pathology Findings in a Patient With PRKAG2 Cardiomyopathy and Persistent Atrial Fibrillation

Atrial Pathology Findings in a Patient With PRKAG2 Cardiomyopathy and Persistent Atrial Fibrillation

Authors :
Stanley de Almeida Araújo
Geraldo Brasileiro Filho
Elizabeth R.S. Camargos
Eduardo Back Sternick
Source :
Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology. 9
Publication Year :
2016
Publisher :
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2016.

Abstract

A white male patient aged 52 years with permanent atrial fibrillation and left ventricular hypertrophy because of glycogen storage cardiomyopathy, heterozygous for c.905G>A p.(Arg302Gln) PRKAG2 missense mutation on exon 7, was admitted because of partial pacemaker extrusion and pocket infection. His mother and 5 brothers carry the same mutation and were previously reported.1 A dual chamber pacemaker was implanted 20 years earlier because of third-degree atrioventricular block. Pacemaker leads and generator were explanted under extracorporeal circulation. A fragment from the base …

Details

ISSN :
19413084 and 19413149
Volume :
9
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....ad088115a68a89f606f844c4f242fe25
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1161/circep.116.004455