Echocardiographic Features of Cardiomyopathy in Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy.

Michał MarchelAgnieszka Madej-PilarczykAgata TymińskaRoman SteckiewiczJanusz KochanowskiJulia WysińskaEwa OstrowskaPaweł BalsamMarcin GrabowskiGrzegorz Opolski

Published in: Cardiology research and practice (2021)

A significant number of EDMD patients present LV dilatation and different degrees of systolic dysfunction. Dilatation of the atria dominates over ventricle dilatation. We did not present any significant differences between EDMD1 and EDMD2 in terms of the morphology and the function of the heart.

Keyphrases

muscular dystrophy
heart failure
duchenne muscular dystrophy
ejection fraction
end stage renal disease
left ventricular
newly diagnosed
mitral valve
pulmonary hypertension
blood pressure
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
oxidative stress
atrial fibrillation
pulmonary artery