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Apical left ventricular myocardial dysfunction is an early feature of cardiac involvement in myotonic dystrophy type 1.

Rodrigue GarciaQuentin LabarreBruno DegandPierre IngrandFrançois Le GalBenjamin BonnetAnne DelaubierClaire GuillouBarnabas GellenDamien CoisneClaire BouletiLuc Christiaens
Published in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2017)
Despite preserved LVEF, DM1 patients exhibited significantly altered LV GLS, particularly at the apex, as compared with controls. The detection of impaired myocardial deformation at early stages of the disease might help to screen high-risk patients who need closer follow-up.
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