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Interatrial block as a first clinical presentation of atrial cardiomyopathy related to a novel LMNA variant: a case report.

Michele IavaroneSimona CovinoRoberta PetilloVincenzo Russo
Published in: European heart journal. Case reports (2023)
This case demonstrates that IAB could be a rare presentation of a life-threatening laminopathy. Strain echocardiography is an essential tool to evaluate the deposition of fibrosis tissue in subclinical cardiomyopathies. Our report describes a novel variant of LMNA gene associated with a high risk of sudden cardiac death.
Keyphrases
  • muscular dystrophy
  • heart failure
  • left ventricular
  • atrial fibrillation
  • computed tomography
  • genome wide
  • pulmonary hypertension
  • copy number
  • catheter ablation
  • transcription factor
  • duchenne muscular dystrophy