Progression to Complete Heart Block in a Patient With Myotonic Dystrophy

Abstract

Myotonic dystrophy type 1 is the most common inherited neuromuscular disorder and is associated with a high incidence of sudden cardiac death. Early recognition and prophylactic primary prevention for cardiac conduction defects has been shown to increase survival of these patients. Increasing awareness among physicians could result in survival benefit close to a decade for this population of patients.




J Med Cases. 2018;9(4):114-115
doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/jmc3028w