Open AccessLate-onset multiple acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency with cardiac syncope: A case report
Author(s) -
Xueqi Pan,
Xueli Chang,
Wei Zhang,
Huaxing Meng,
Jing Zhang,
Jing Shi,
Junhong Guo
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v8.i5.995
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , syncope (phonology) , weakness , supraventricular tachycardia , muscle weakness , carnitine , pediatrics , tachycardia , surgery
Multiple acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (MADD) is an uncommon autosomal recessive disorder of mitochondrial fatty acid beta-oxidation. Syncope is a transient loss of consciousness due to acute global cerebral hypoperfusion. Late-onset MADD with syncope has not been reported previously.