A Case of a 50-Year-Old Woman with Typical Fabry Disease Who Showed Serial Electrocardiographic and Echocardiographic Changes over a 17-Year Period
Table 1
Hospitalization history between 2003 and 2010.
Year
Age
Symptoms
Evaluation
2003
37
Palpitation and chest discomfort
ECG: a normal PR interval (160 ms) and LVH (36 mm) by the Sokolow criteria with T wave inversion on V4-6 (Figure 1(b)) Thyroid function test: normal Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE): concentric LVH Treadmill test: normal 24-hour Holter monitoring: normal
2007
41
Palpitation and chest discomfort
ECG: LVH (38 mm) by the Sokolow-Lyon index but a normal PR interval (160 ms) (Figure 1(c)) 24-hour Holter monitoring: normal Myocardial stress single-photon emission computed tomography: normal
2008
42
Palpitation and chest discomfort
ECG: a short PR interval (120 ms) and marked LVH (47 mm) by the Sokolow-Lyon index (Figure 1(d)) Coronary angiography: myocardial bridging in the mid portion of the left anterior descending artery
2010
44
Palpitation and chest discomfort
ECG: a short PR interval (120 ms) and marked LVH (46 ms) by the Sokolow-Lyon index (Figure 1(e)) TTE: concentric LVH (Figures 2(a) and 2(b))
ECG: electrocardiography; LVH: left ventricular hypertrophy.