Fabry's disease presenting as ventricular tachycardia and Left Ventricular 'Hypertrophy'
Author(s) -
S. Joshi,
W. Ahmar,
Geraldine Lee,
Anu Aggarwal
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
european journal of echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1525-2167
pISSN - 1532-2114
DOI - 10.1093/ejechocard/jen132
Subject(s) - medicine , left ventricular hypertrophy , cardiology , fabry disease , ventricular tachycardia , enzyme replacement therapy , disease , muscle hypertrophy , sustained ventricular tachycardia , genetic disorder , ventricular hypertrophy , blood pressure
Fabry's disease (FD) is a genetic disorder leading to deficiency of alpha-galactosidase A. Enzymatic replacement therapy has recently become available. Patients with classical FD develop multi-system involvement; however, there is an increasingly recognized cardiac variant that presents as unexplained left ventricular hypertrophy. We describe a patient with Fabry's disease who presented with ventricular tachycardia.
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