ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC FINDINGS IN CHILDREN WITH SPINAL MUSCULAR-ATROPHY

Authors
HUANG JJ JONG YJ HUANG MY CHIANG CH HUANG TY
Citation
Jj. Huang et al., ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC FINDINGS IN CHILDREN WITH SPINAL MUSCULAR-ATROPHY, Japanese Heart Journal, 37(2), 1996, pp. 239-242
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Japanese Heart Journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00214868
Volume
37
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
239 - 242
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-4868(1996)37:2<239:EFICWS>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Most of the patients in this study with spinal muscular atrophy were f ound to have tremors of the isoelectric line in the electrocardiogram (EGG) tracings. There were a total of 47 cases of SMA (mean age 40.8 m onths). All three types of SMA had a similar incidence (about 80%) of tremors in the tracings (P = 0.885). In 7 cases the ECG tremors had an intermittent pattern. ECG tremors were commonly found in the majority of SMA patients and this finding, though non-specific, may suggest a possible SMA diagnosis.