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Carbamazepine‐induced heart block in a child with tuberous sclerosis and cardiac rhabdomyoma: Implications for evaluation and follow‐up
Author(s) -
Weig Spencer G.,
Pollack Phyllis
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
annals of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.764
H-Index - 296
eISSN - 1531-8249
pISSN - 0364-5134
DOI - 10.1002/ana.410340417
Subject(s) - tuberous sclerosis , carbamazepine , rhabdomyoma , medicine , heart block , heart disease , cardiology , epilepsy , electrocardiography , pathology , psychiatry
We describe a young child with tuberous sclerosis and cardiac rhabdomyoma who developed reversible heart block after being placed on carbamazepine treatment for seizures. Patients of any age with known or suspected intrinsic cardiac disease should be monitored for conduction disturbance if they are treated with carbamazepine.