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Atrial arrhythmias in the young: early onset atrial arrhythmias preceding a diagnosis of a primary muscular dystrophy.
Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology - 1 Dec 2014
Stoyanov Nik, Winterfield Jeffrey, Varma Niraj, Gollob Michael H
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AIMS: The aetiology of atrial arrhythmias in the otherwise healthy and young is usually unrecognized. We hypothesized that rare cases of atrial arrhythmias in the young may represent the initial manifestation of a muscular dystrophy syndrome. METHODS AND RESULTS: We describe the clinical characteristics, disease progression, results of electrophysiological study, and genetic findings in four patients (age <40...
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