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Dilated, arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy in emery-dreifuss muscular dystrophy due to the emerin splice-site mutation c.449 + 1G>A.
Cardiology - 1 Jan 2015
Finsterer Josef, Stöllberger Claudia, Sehnal Ernst, Rehder Helga, Laccone Franco
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Cardiac involvement in X-linked Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (X-EDMD) usually includes arrhythmias but not dilative cardiomyopathy (dCMP). Here, we report an X-EDMD patient with severe dCMP and life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias associated with other phenotypic features unusual for X-EDMD. CASE REPORT: A 46-year-old patient with X-EDMD due to the known splice-site mutation c.449 + 1G>A in...
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