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Behçet's disease and cardiac arrhythmia
L Mirone1, L Altomonte, E M Ferlisi
1Institute of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Catholic University, Rome, Italy.
Clinical Rheumatology
|January 1, 1997
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Cardiac arrhythmias can be a primary symptom of Behçet
Area of Science:
- Cardiology
- Rheumatology
- Internal Medicine
Background:
- Behçet's disease is a rare multisystem inflammatory disorder.
- Cardiac involvement, including conduction disturbances and arrhythmias, is infrequently reported.
Observation:
- A 16-year-old female patient with Behçet's disease presented with cardiac arrhythmia as her main clinical symptom.
- Literature review revealed limited reported cases of arrhythmias in Behçet's disease.
Findings:
- Arrhythmia in Behçet's disease may indicate underlying myocarditis.
- Cardiac arrhythmia can be a significant clinical manifestation of Behçet's disease.
Implications:
- Recognizing arrhythmia as a potential cardiac manifestation is crucial for managing Behçet's disease.
- This finding highlights the importance of cardiac monitoring in patients with Behçet's disease.
Abstract:
Only few cases of cardiac conduction disturbances and arrhythmias have been reported in Behçet's disease. We recently observed the case of a 16-year-old woman with Behçet's disease in whom cardiac arrhythmia became the main clinical symptom. This observation and a review of the literature led us to the conclusion that arrhythmia could represent the clinical manifestation of an underlying myocarditis due to Behçet's disease and can be regarded as a feature of cardiac involvement of the disease.