Sick Sinus Syndrome Mimicking Autonomic Dysfunction of Dementia With Lewy Bodies.

autonomic dysfunction delirium dementia with lewy bodies donepezil pacemaker implantation sick sinus syndrome

Journal

Cureus
ISSN: 2168-8184
Titre abrégé: Cureus
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101596737

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
24 Apr 2021
Historique:
entrez: 3 6 2021
pubmed: 4 6 2021
medline: 4 6 2021
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is recognized as the second most common form of dementia in aged people. It is well known that patients with DLB often develop various autonomic symptoms. Here, we present a case in which there was sick sinus syndrome mimicking the DLB-related autonomic dysfunctions. After the pacemaker implantation, the patient's symptom perfectly extinguished.

Identifiants

pubmed: 34079668
doi: 10.7759/cureus.14667
pmc: PMC8159329
doi:

Types de publication

Case Reports

Langues

eng

Pagination

e14667

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2021, Sawagashira et al.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Auteurs

Ryo Sawagashira (R)

Physiology, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, JPN.
Psychiatry, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, JPN.

Yoshihisa Sasagawa (Y)

Psychiatry, Otaru General Hospital, Otaru, JPN.

Mayumi Matsukura (M)

Psychiatry, Otaru General Hospital, Otaru, JPN.

Yuji Takamaru (Y)

Psychiatry, Otaru General Hospital, Otaru, JPN.

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