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Sudden cardiac death in myotonic dystrophy type 2.
Neurology - 28 Dec 2004
Schoser B G H, Ricker K, Schneider-Gold C, Hengstenberg C, Dürre J, Bültmann B, Kress W, Day J W, Ranum L P W
Abstract excerpt
Medical records and follow-up data were reviewed in 297 genetically proven myotonic dystrophy type 2 (DM2) patients. Patients were selected by the criteria of cardiac sudden death before age 45. Sudden death occurred in four patients, three of whom were cardiological asymptomatic, and one with a history of heart failure. Cardiac histopathology showed dilated cardiomyopathy in all, and conduction system fibrosis...
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