Saturday, January 30, 2010

Cardiac manifestations of neuromuscular disorders in children

Daphne T. Hsu
Children's Hospital at Montefiore and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 3415 Bainbridge Avenue, Bronx, New York 10467

Keywords: Cardiac abnormalities, neuromuscular disorders, cytoskeleton, nuclear membrane, mitochondrial function, muscular dystrophies- Duchenne, Becker, limb-girdle and Emery Dreifuss, Friedreich Ataxia, myotonic dystrophy, dilated or hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, atrioventricular conduction defects, atrial fibrillation and ventricular arrhythmias.