Insufficiency of electrocardiogram alone in predicting infrahisian abnormalities in patients with type 1 myotonic dystrophy

Int J Cardiol. 2014 Apr 1;172(3):625-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.02.001. Epub 2014 Feb 11.

Authors

Edouard Siméon¹, Aurélie Patier-Dussauge², Anne Bernard-Brunet¹, Nicolas Clémenty¹, Jean-Baptiste Gouraud², Béatrice Guyomarch², Armelle Magot², Vincent Probst², Dominique Babuty³

Affiliations

¹ Université François Rabelais, Cardiology Department, Hôpital Trousseau, CHU Tours, France.
² Institut du thorax, Cardiology Department, CHU Nantes, France.
³ Université François Rabelais, Cardiology Department, Hôpital Trousseau, CHU Tours, France. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 24560399
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.02.001

No abstract available

Keywords: Atrio-ventricular block; ECG; Electrophysiological study; Infrahisian conduction time; Myotonic dystrophy; Sudden death.

Publication types

Letter
Multicenter Study

MeSH terms

Adult
Atrioventricular Block / classification*
Atrioventricular Block / mortality
Atrioventricular Block / physiopathology
Death, Sudden, Cardiac / epidemiology*
Death, Sudden, Cardiac / etiology
Electrocardiography / methods*
Electromyography
Female
Heart Conduction System / physiopathology*
Humans
Incidence
Male
Myotonic Dystrophy / complications
Myotonic Dystrophy / diagnosis*
Myotonic Dystrophy / physiopathology
Predictive Value of Tests
Prognosis
Survival Rate / trends