Echocardiographic Features of Cardiomyopathy in Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy

CONCLUSIONS: 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.PMID:33614169 | PMC:PMC7878080 | DOI:10.1155/2021/8812044

Source: Cardiology Research and Practice - February 22, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: Micha ł Marchel Agnieszka Madej-Pilarczyk Agata Tymi ńska Roman Steckiewicz Janusz Kochanowski Julia Wysi ńska Ewa Ostrowska Pawe ł Balsam Marcin Grabowski Grzegorz Opolski Source Type: research