title: [Heart failure as the initial cardiac manifestation of Steinert's myotonic dystrophy].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cardiología. Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Victoria, Málaga. fcabrerab@meditex.es
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cabrera Bueno
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Jiménez-Navarro
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Ruiz-Ruiz
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Gómez-Doblas
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Bailón
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: de Teresa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009223:Myotonic Dystrophy / Q000150:complications*