Cardiac findings in pediatric patients with spinal muscular atrophy types 2 and 3.
Stefan A DjordjevicVedrana Milic-RasicVesna BrankovicAna KosacGoran VukomanovicMirko TopalovicDejan MarinkovicJelena MladenovicAndrija S PavlovicMaja BijelicMilan DjukicLjiljana Markovic-DenicPublished in: Muscle & nerve (2020)
The prevalence of cardiac disease in pediatric patients with SMA types 2 and 3 is low; however, these patients may have increased resting heart rates. A complete cardiac history and physical examination are a useful screen. Additional cardiac investigations may be performed as needed.