Structural alterations of the myocardium, such as fibrosis and fatty infiltration, were observed
in post-mortem examinations in patients with myotonic dystrophy, a familial multisystem …

Introduction Syncope and palpitations as the only initial manifestations of myotonic
dystrophy type 1 (MD1) due to a CTG expansion of 50–100 repeats have not been reported …

Myotonic dystrophy (DM) is an inherited disorder transmitted in an autosomal dominant
fashion and characterized by myotonia with dystrophic involvement of muscles and other …

Background Patients with myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) have a three-fold higher risk of
sudden cardiac death (SCD) than age-matched healthy controls. Despite numerous …

Cardiac involvement is recorded in about 80% of patients affected by myotonic dystrophy
type 1 (DM1). The prevalence of cardiac conduction abnormalities and arrhythmias has …

This autosomal-dominant hereditary disease, caused by the excessive repetition of a CTG
codon in the dystrophia myotonica-protein kinase (DMPK) gene,[2] is frequently complicated …

Myotonic dystrophy (MD) is a neuromuscular disorder of autosomal dominant inheritance,
which is categorized by 2 main sub-types: type 1 (MD1) and type 2 (MD2). This disease is …

Introduction: To evaluate myocardial strain and extracellular volume in myotonic dystrophy
type 1 (DM1) patients as potential imaging biomarkers of subclinical cardiac pathology …

AIMS: To estimate the degree of cardiac involvement regarding left ventricular ejection
fraction, conduction abnormalities, arrhythmia, risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD) and the …

Abstract Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is the commonest muscular dystrophy in adults,
affecting multiple organs in addition to skeletal muscles. Cardiac conduction system …