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Profound Sinus Node Dysfunction in Anti‐N‐Methyl‐D‐Aspartate Receptor Limbic Encephalitis
Author(s) -
CHIA POWLI,
TAN KEVIN,
FOO DAVID
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
pacing and clinical electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1540-8159
pISSN - 0147-8389
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2011.03154.x
Subject(s) - medicine , limbic encephalitis , encephalitis , psychosis , neuroscience , nmda receptor , receptor , immunology , psychiatry , virus , biology
A form of limbic encephalitis associated with antibodies against the N‐methyl‐D‐aspartate receptor (NMDAR) was discovered in 2007. It is often a multistage illness that progresses from psychosis, memory deficits, seizures into a state of unresponsiveness with catatonic features, abnormal movements, autonomic, and respiratory instability. We present two cases of anti‐NMDAR encephalitis to highlight the cardiac complications and their management.