Cardiac Involvement in Werdnig-Hoffmann’s Spinal Muscular At rophy

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Despite the increasing interest in cardiac involvement (CI) of neuromuscular disorders, only few data are available on CI in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). We tried to determine the cardiac manifestations of SMA, their incidence rates and the necessity of cardiac therapy in patients with SMA and CI. Eight patients with SMA, aged 10–79 years, underwent clinical cardiologic examination, ECG, echocardiography and ambulatory ECG. The most frequent findings were angina pectoris, palpitations, exertional dyspnea, ST abnormalities, couplets, thickened myocardium and diastolic dysfunction. In conclusion, cardiac manifestations of SMA mainly comprise ECG abnormalities and thickened myocardium. CI in SMA frequently necessitates cardiac therapy.

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Progression of Cardiac Involvement in Patients with Myotonic Dystrophy, Becker’s Muscular Dystrophy and Mitochondrial Myopathy during a 2-Year Follow-Up

Claudia Stollberger, Josef Finsterer, Hans Keller … (1998)

The aim of this prospective noninvasive follow-up study was (1) to assess the progression of cardiac involvement (CI) in patients with myotonic dystrophy (MD), Becker’s muscular dystrophy (BMD) and mitochondrial myopathy (MMP), (2) to find out if CI and neurologic impairment are related and (3) to determine how often cardiac investigations should be performed. Clinical, electrocardiographic, echocardiographic and 24-hour ambulatory electrocardiographic examinations were performed at yearly intervals. CI was assessed qualitatively by the presence of pathologic examinations and quantitatively by the number of pathologic examinations. Qualitatively, CI was present at baseline in 36 of the 38 cases (18–68 years) and the number of cases did not change. Quantitatively, CI progressed after 1 (2) year in 50% (50%) of patients with MD (n = 16), 0% (43%) of patients with BMD (n = 7) and 27% (27%) of patients with MMP (n = 15). CI and neurologic impairment were not related (p = 0.54). Cardiac investigations should be repeated at yearly intervals irrespective of whether there is neurologic deterioration or not.

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Journal ID (publisher-id): CRD

Journal ID (nlm-ta): Cardiology

Journal ID (doi): 10.1159/issn.0008-6312

Title: Cardiology

Publisher: S. Karger AG

ISSN (Print): 0008-6312

ISSN (Electronic): 1421-9751

Publication date Subscription-year: 1999

Publication date (Print): February 2000

Publication date (Electronic): 23 March 2000

Volume: 92

Issue: 3

Pages: 178-182

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^aLudwig Boltzmann Institute for Epilepsy and Neuromuscular Disorders, and ^bZweite Medizinische Abteilung, Krankenanstalt Rudolfstiftung, Vienna, Austria

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Publisher ID: 6968 Other ID: Cardiology 1999;92:178–182

DOI: 10.1159/000006968

PubMed ID: 10754348

SO-VID: e285b685-2649-4c15-8870-0908af2eefb5

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