Case Report

First-degree Atrioventricular Block and Restrictive Physiology as Cardiac Manifestations of Fabry's Disease

Fabry’s disease is an X-linked disorder of glycosphingolipid catabolism related to the defective activity of glycosphingolipid, mainly ceramide trihexoside, in the vascular smooth muscle, myocardium, cells of the sympathetic central nervous system, and epithelial cells of renal glomeruli. We describe a young man who had Fabry’s disease and unusual electrocardiographic…