[Heart failure as the initial cardiac manifestation of Steinert's myotonic dystrophy].
The relationship between neuromuscular diseases and the heart has been well known for many years. Cardiac lesions tend to involve the specialized conducting system. We report the case of a 36-year-old male diagnosed with Steinert's myotonic dystrophy whose initial cardiovascular symptom was heart failure and not symptoms related to alterations of the specialized conducting system.
Cabrera Bueno
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F
Servicio de Cardiología. Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Victoria, Málaga. fcabrerab@meditex.es
Jiménez-Navarro
M F
MF
Ruiz-Ruiz
M J
MJ
Gómez-Doblas
J J
JJ
Rodríguez-Bailón
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I
de Teresa
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E
D000328:Adult; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009223:Myotonic Dystrophy / Q000150:complications*