title: Cardiac resynchronization improves heart failure in one patient with myotonic dystrophy type 1. A case report.
abstract: We report an improvement in symptoms of heart failure, a reduced left ventricular dysfunction and induced reverse remodelling in one patient with Myotonic Dystrophy type 1, showing an early onset ventricular dysfunction secondary to a complete left bundle branch block (LBBB) who underwent cardioverter defibrillator CRT (ICD- CRT) implantation.
authors.affiliation: Chair of Cardiology, Second University of Naples, Monaldi Hospital, Italy.
authors.forename: Vincenzo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Russo
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rago
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Antonio Papa
authors.forename: Gerardo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nigro
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002037:Bundle-Branch Block / Q000628:therapy; D002302:Cardiac Output; D058406:Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D006329:Heart Conduction System / Q000503:physiopathology; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D009223:Myotonic Dystrophy / Q000150:complications*; D013318:Stroke Volume; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000150:complications
keywords: cardiac resynchronization therapy; myotonic dystrophy; sudden death