Open AccessIschemic Stroke Due to Cardiac Involvement: Emery Dreifuss Patient
Author(s) -
Ersin Kasım Ulusoy,
Tolga Kunak,
Şule Bilen,
Fikri Ak
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
türk beyin damar hastalıkları dergisi/türk beyin damar hastalıkları dergisi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2146-9113
pISSN - 1301-1375
DOI - 10.5505/tbdhd.2015.47450
Subject(s) - cardiology , medicine , stroke (engine) , ischemic stroke , ischemia , engineering , mechanical engineering
Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD) is a hereditary disease. It is characterized by early-onset contractures, slowly progressive weakness, fatigue related to skapulo-humero-peroneal muscle weakness, cardiomyopathy which develops in adulthood and cardiac conduction system block. Cardiac involvement has a prognostic significance in patients with EDMD and even sudden cardiac death may be the first clinical presentation. In this article, an EDMD patient with ischemic stroke clinic who didn’t have regular cardiac follow-up was reported and the importance of the treatment of cardiac diseases which could play a role in ischemic stroke etiology and the implantation of pace-maker was mentioned