Fifteen-year follow-up of a heterozygous Fabry's disease patient associated with pre-excitation syndrome

Intern Med. 1999 Jun;38(6):476-81. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.38.476.

Abstract

A 47-year-old woman with heterozygous Fabry's disease with pre-excitation syndrome has been followed up for 15 years. Diagnosis was confirmed by the typical electron microscopic feature of the endomyocardial specimen and a decreased plasma alpha-galactosidase activity. As the disease progressed, the interventricular septum thickened from 11 to 17 mm as measured by echocardiography, while the AH interval was prolonged from 80 to 140 msec. In Fabry's disease, the PR interval has been reported to be variable from short PR to AV block. Therefore, this case may be helpful to understand the time course in the AV conduction abnormalities with the progression of Fabry's disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy
  • Disease Progression
  • Echocardiography
  • Electrocardiography
  • Fabry Disease / complications*
  • Fabry Disease / diagnosis
  • Fabry Disease / enzymology
  • Fabry Disease / genetics
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Heterozygote*
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocardium / ultrastructure
  • Pre-Excitation Syndromes / complications*
  • Pre-Excitation Syndromes / diagnosis
  • Pre-Excitation Syndromes / enzymology
  • alpha-Galactosidase / blood

Substances

  • alpha-Galactosidase