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Abstract
Eight young adult male patients with myotonic dystrophy, mean age 26 years, underwent 24-hour Holter electrocardiographic monitoring and intracardiac electrophysiologic study. Right ventricular endomyocardial biopsies were performed at the end of the electrophysiologic study in five of them. The atrial to His[A-H] interval was 155 msec in one case and less than or equal to 55 msec in all patients. Twenty-four hour Holter electrocardiographic monitoring demonstrated more than 4 premature ventricular contractions per minute in two patients and marked cyclical sinus arrhythmia during sleep in two others. Electron microscopic analysis of the endomyocardial biopsy specimens disclosed no prominent sarcoplasmic reticulum abnormalities but prominent I bands compared to previously obtained controls. Myofibrillar degeneration was seen in all cases and was associated with abnormal mitochondria in two. Cardiac abnormalities can be detected very early in the evolution of myotonic dystrophy, even prior to the onset of cardiac symptoms. The reported abnormalities appear closely related to the pathologic process affecting other skeletal muscles.
View details for Web of Science ID A1979HM22600017
View details for PubMedID 474592