Syncope in a Patient with H/O Kearns Sayre Syndrome
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[Kearns-Sayre syndrome: recurrent syncope and atrial flutter].
Kearns-Sayre syndrome is a rare disease linked to mitochondrial inheritance. The characteristic diagnostic triad consists of progressive external ophthalmoplegia, pigmentary degeneration of the retina, and atrioventricular block.1 It may also be associated with mental retardation, ataxia, deafness, muscle weakness, and endocrine disorders, such as diabetes mellitus or hypothyroidism. We present...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Clinical Cardiology
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2378-2951
DOI: 10.23937/2378-2951/1410191