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- Title
Recovery from Lethal Arrhythmia After Weight Gain in a Patient with an Eating Disorder and Epilepsy.
- Authors
Akita, Chisato; Nakamura, Tsuneyuki; Sato, Hitoshi; Kakinuma, Hiroaki
- Abstract
We report a 13-year-old girl with epilepsy who experienced syncope after rapid weight loss due to an eating disorder. She developed a lethal (atrioventricular block) arrhythmia, which improved after weight gain. This case suggests that energy depletion might be involved in lethal arrhythmia.
- Subjects
ARRHYTHMIA; EPILEPSY; HEART diseases; EATING disorders; BRAIN diseases; APPETITE disorders
- Publication
Pediatric Cardiology, 2008, Vol 29, Issue 3, p673
- ISSN
0172-0643
- Publication type
Report
- DOI
10.1007/s00246-007-9129-4