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Pompe's disease presenting as supraventricular tachycardia
Author(s) -
FUNG K. P.,
S. R. N.,
C. H.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1989.tb01427.x
Subject(s) - medicine , supraventricular tachycardia , cardiology , disease , tachycardia , pediatrics
A Chinese infant with Pompe's disease (type II glygogenosis) had an unusual presentation of supraventricular tachycardia. The patient subsequently died of ventricular fibrillation. The clinical presentation and the mechanism of the arrhythmia are discussed.