Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery (Oct 2008)

Should we perform systematic electrophysiological study in Steinert's disease?

  • Fayssoil Abdallah

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-3-56
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 1
p. 56

Abstract

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Abstract Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (Steinert's disease) is a multisystem disorder with autosomal dominant inheritance. This disease is associated with the presence of an abnormal expansion of a cytosine thymine-guanine (CTG) trinucleotide repeat on chromosome 19q13.3. Because of rhythmic complications, the place for systematic electrophysiological study (EPS) has to be discussed.