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Prophylactic implantable cardioverter defibrillator placement in a sporadic desmin related myopathy and cardiomyopathy.
Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE - 1 Apr 2004
Luethje Lars G C, Boennemann Carsten, Goldfarb Lev, Goebel Hans H, Halle Martin
Abstract excerpt
Desminopathy is a neuromuscular disorder associated with the accumulation of the protein desmin. This article reports a case of a man with a mutation in the desmin gene suffering from cardiomyopathy and skeletal myopathy. This patient underwent implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) implant...
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