Myotonic dystrophy (dystrophia myotonica, DM) is a chronic, slowly progressing, highly
variable inherited multisystemic disease that can manifest at any age from birth to old age …

This study aimed to verify whether brain abnormalities, previously described in patients with
myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), progressed over …

BACKGROUND: Myotonic dystrophy is associated with arrhythmias and risk of sudden
death but also with symptoms of heart failure. Our study aimed to identify early biventricular …

A 14-year-old boy with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD; duplication of dystrophin gene
exons 8 to 11), accompanied by his mother, was brought to our hospital to undergo a …

Background Although previous studies have helped define the natural history of Duchenne
Muscular Dystrophy (DMD)-associated cardiomyopathy, the myocardial pathobiology …

Background Type 1 myotonic dystrophy (DM1) patients' prognosis is very poor. Up until now,
only a few prognostic factors for cardiovascular events have been identified, and they are …

The aims of this study were to investigate the correlations of tri-nucleotide (CTG) repeat
length with detailed echocardiography (ECHO) parameters that represent myocardial …

Background Conduction disease and arrhythmias represent a major cause of mortality in
myotonic muscular dystrophy type 1 (MMD1). Permanent pacemaker (PPM) implantation is …

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is an autosomal dominant cardiac disorder,
characterized by primary left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), which may result in sudden …

Acquired left ventricular hypertrabeculation/noncompaction (LVHT) is rare and has been
described in patients with mitochondriopathy, Barth syndrome, and Becker muscular …