Cardiac involvement in the muscular dystrophies

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  • Nicholas J. Silvestri
    Department of Neurology University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences 1010 Main St Buffalo New York 14202 USA
  • Haisam Ismail
    Department of Cardiology Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston Massachusetts USA
  • Peter Zimetbaum
    Department of Cardiology Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston Massachusetts USA
  • Elizabeth M. Raynor
    Department of Neurology Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston Massachusetts USA

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<jats:title>ABSTRACT</jats:title><jats:p>Cardiac disease is a common clinical manifestation present in a variety of neuromuscular disorders, most notably the muscular dystrophies. Heart disease may produce the presenting or predominant symptoms in these disorders but more often not does not result in clinical features at the time of initial presentation. Cardiac involvement in the muscular dystrophies results from pathologic changes in the myocardium and the cardiac conduction system, leading to cardiomyopathy and/or rhythm disturbances including supraventricular arrhythmias, life‐threatening ventricular arrhythmias, and sudden cardiac death. This Review covers the spectrum of cardiac dysfunction in these inherited muscle disorders and proposes practical recommendations for monitoring and management. <jats:italic>Muscle Nerve</jats:italic> <jats:bold>57</jats:bold>: 707–715, 2018</jats:p>

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