title: [Heart muscle involvement in myopathies].
abstract: By means of a comprehensive cardiologic examination "definite" cardiac involvement was found in 71% of patients with myotonic dystrophy (MD). In 50% of patients with Becker's muscular dystrophy (BMD) and in 70% of patients with mitochondrial myopathy (MMP). "Equivocal" cardiac involvement was found in 21% of patients with MD, in 50% of patients with BMD and in 20% of patients with MMP. The correlation between cardiac involvement and the neurological deficit was weak.
authors.affiliation: Neurologischen Abteiling, Neurologischen Krankenhauses, Wien-Rosen-hügel.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Finsterer
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Stoellberger
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Keller
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Slany
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mamoli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017240:Mitochondrial Myopathies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009136:Muscular Dystrophies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009223:Myotonic Dystrophy / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009460:Neurologic Examination