Open AccessGaucher disease causing sudden cardiac death
Author(s) -
Yehia Saleh,
Abdallah Almaghraby,
Basma Hammad,
Ahmed Mokhtar Abdelazeem,
Mohamed Ayman AbdelHay
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the egyptian heart journal /the egyptian heart journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.212
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 2090-911X
pISSN - 1110-2608
DOI - 10.1016/j.ehj.2015.08.002
Subject(s) - medicine , disease , sudden cardiac death , cardiology , sudden death , intensive care medicine
A 17-year-old male patient with Gaucher disease was presented to our institution complaining of rapid irregular palpitations. Echocardiography showed the presence of critical aortic stenosis due to Gaucher disease