To sleep perchance to dream unusual bradyarrhythmia in an adolescent

Connective tissue disorders may involve the conduction system. A 16-year-old patient with known mixed connective tissue disorder (MTCD) presented with bradyarrhythmia. Initially, we considered inflammatory conduction system disease, but unusual clinical course led to further evaluation. She had a RE...

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Main Authors: Nandini Madan, Parijia Sharedall
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-12-01
Series:IHJ Cardiovascular Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468600X18302093
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description Connective tissue disorders may involve the conduction system. A 16-year-old patient with known mixed connective tissue disorder (MTCD) presented with bradyarrhythmia. Initially, we considered inflammatory conduction system disease, but unusual clinical course led to further evaluation. She had a REM-sleep related disorder. This rare parasomnia has never been described in childhood but may not be uncommon.
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spelling doaj.art-ab881b08ab374d3c8cccabb6ad927ba72022-12-21T18:20:30ZengElsevierIHJ Cardiovascular Case Reports2468-600X2018-12-012S120S123To sleep perchance to dream unusual bradyarrhythmia in an adolescentNandini Madan0Parijia Sharedall1Department of Pediatrics, Drexel University and St Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Corresponding author. Heart Center for Children, Erie Avenue at Front Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19134, USA.Internal Medicine, Drexel University and St Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA, USAConnective tissue disorders may involve the conduction system. A 16-year-old patient with known mixed connective tissue disorder (MTCD) presented with bradyarrhythmia. Initially, we considered inflammatory conduction system disease, but unusual clinical course led to further evaluation. She had a REM-sleep related disorder. This rare parasomnia has never been described in childhood but may not be uncommon.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468600X18302093BradycardiaMixed connective tissue disorderREM-Sleep
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To sleep perchance to dream unusual bradyarrhythmia in an adolescent
IHJ Cardiovascular Case Reports
Bradycardia
Mixed connective tissue disorder
REM-Sleep
title To sleep perchance to dream unusual bradyarrhythmia in an adolescent
title_full To sleep perchance to dream unusual bradyarrhythmia in an adolescent
title_fullStr To sleep perchance to dream unusual bradyarrhythmia in an adolescent
title_full_unstemmed To sleep perchance to dream unusual bradyarrhythmia in an adolescent
title_short To sleep perchance to dream unusual bradyarrhythmia in an adolescent
title_sort to sleep perchance to dream unusual bradyarrhythmia in an adolescent
topic Bradycardia
Mixed connective tissue disorder
REM-Sleep
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468600X18302093
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