Kearns Sayre Syndrome: Looking beyond A-V conduction

A 15-year-old boy was diagnosed with Kayne Sayre Syndrome. He presented with pigmentary retinopathy, progressive ophthalmoplegia and complete heart block. He received a transvenous dual chamber pacemaker. Two years later he died suddenly while at home. This case highlights the importance of recogniz...

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Autor principal: Krishna, Mani Ram
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5478910/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29073001
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ipej.2017.03.003
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description A 15-year-old boy was diagnosed with Kayne Sayre Syndrome. He presented with pigmentary retinopathy, progressive ophthalmoplegia and complete heart block. He received a transvenous dual chamber pacemaker. Two years later he died suddenly while at home. This case highlights the importance of recognizing mechanisms other than heart block as a cause of sudden death in a patient with KSS.
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spelling pubmed-54789102017-06-28 Kearns Sayre Syndrome: Looking beyond A-V conduction Krishna, Mani Ram Indian Pacing Electrophysiol J Case Report A 15-year-old boy was diagnosed with Kayne Sayre Syndrome. He presented with pigmentary retinopathy, progressive ophthalmoplegia and complete heart block. He received a transvenous dual chamber pacemaker. Two years later he died suddenly while at home. This case highlights the importance of recognizing mechanisms other than heart block as a cause of sudden death in a patient with KSS. Elsevier 2017-03-19 /pmc/articles/PMC5478910/ /pubmed/29073001 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ipej.2017.03.003 Text en Copyright © 2017, Indian Heart Rhythm Society. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title_short Kearns Sayre Syndrome: Looking beyond A-V conduction
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5478910/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29073001
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ipej.2017.03.003
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