Avtor/Urednik		Zupan, Anton
Naslov		Cardiovascular aberrations in patients with neuromuscular diseases
Tip		članek
Vir		Acta Cardiomiol
Vol. in št.		Letnik 7, št. 2
Leto izdaje		1995
Obseg		str. 107-11
Jezik		eng
Abstrakt		This paper investigates the status of the cardiovascular system in 227 patients with different forms of neuromuscular diseases. An assessment of the frequency of cardiac affection was made on the basis of electrocardiographic (ECG) changes in patients. Deviations from normal values for blood pressure and pulse, and occurrence of edemas were also assessed. Change in ECG was registered for 80% of the patients with muscular dystrophy of the Becker type (BMD), 76% of those with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), 70% of those with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)of type 2 (SMA 2), 66% of those with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LG), 65% of those with myotonic dystrophy (MYD), 37% of those with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSH), 25% of those with SMA of type 3 (SMA 3), and 6% of those with hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy (HMSN) of type 1 (HMSN 1). No ECG changes were discovered among patients with HMSN of type 2 (HMSN 2). High blood pressure was found in 7% of total patients and low blood pressure in 12%. Tachycardia was found in 20% of total (48% in DMD). The occurrence of hypotension and tachycardia was significantly different in the various diagnostic groups; it was most frequent among patients suffering the most severe forms of neuromuscular diseases. Edemas, discovered in 29% of the patients, were most frequently manifest in the area of the ankle.
Deskriptorji		NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY HEART RATE EDEMA PULSE BLOOD PRESSURE HYPERTENSION HYPOTENSION TACHYCARDIA BRADYCARDIA