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- Title
Anesthetic implications of Danon disease.
- Authors
August, David A.
- Abstract
The article discusses the significance of anesthesia in Danon disease (DD). It defines DD as a genetic disorder characterized by cardiomyopathy, skeletal myopathy, and neurocognitive symptoms. It mentions that males with DD has a poor medical prognosis. It adds that DD advances quickly to end-stage disease at an average of 8 years. Moreover, it details manifestations of DD, clinical presentation in females, and perioperative issues.
- Subjects
GENETIC disorders; MUSCLE diseases; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; HEART diseases; PROGNOSIS; MEDICAL care
- Publication
Pediatric Anesthesia, 2009, Vol 19, Issue 10, p1026
- ISSN
1155-5645
- Publication type
Letter
- DOI
10.1111/j.1460-9592.2009.03125.x