Abstract

NAVARRO C., Gino et al. Compromiso cardiaco en distrofias musculares: a propósito de un caso. Rev. costarric. cardiol [online]. 2020, vol.22, n.1, pp.35-40. ISSN 1409-4142.

Cardiac involvement in muscular dystrophies: a clinical case For non-myotonic muscular dystrophies such as Duchenne Dystrophy and Becker Dystrophy, heart disease is an inherent part of its clinical spectrum. The clinical expression of these diseases can be manifested with decompensated heart failure, arrhythmias or sudden death; A large part of them are asymptomatic over time, but when they manifest they constitute one of the main causes of death in these patients, so their early detection and optimal treatment greatly influence the clinical prognosis of these patients. The following is the case of a patient in whom the cardiac involvement of one of these neuromuscular disorders was found incidentally.

Keywords : muscular dystrophy; heart failure; cardiac involvement; dystrophin.

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