Structural and electrical cardiac abnormalities are prevalent in asymptomatic adults with myotonic dystrophy

Preeti Choudhary; Ramasami Nandakumar; Heather Greig; Paul Broadhurst; John Dean; Rajesh Puranik; David S Celermajer; Graham S Hillis

doi:10.1136/heartjnl-2015-308517

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Heart failure and cardiomyopathies

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Structural and electrical cardiac abnormalities are prevalent in asymptomatic adults with myotonic dystrophy

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Preeti Choudhary Discipline of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Department of Cardiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ramasami Nandakumar Department of Cardiology, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Heather Greig Department of Genetics, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Paul Broadhurst Department of Cardiology, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
John Dean Department of Genetics, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Rajesh Puranik Discipline of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Department of Cardiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
David S Celermajer Discipline of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Department of Cardiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Graham S Hillis Department of Cardiology, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia School of Medicine & Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Preeti Choudhary, Department of Cardiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Missenden Rd, Camperdown, NSW 2045, Australia; preetz1{at}gmail.com

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Choudhary P, Nandakumar R, Greig H, et al

Structural and electrical cardiac abnormalities are prevalent in asymptomatic adults with myotonic dystrophy

Heart 2016;102:1472-1478.

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Received November 11, 2015
Revised February 27, 2016
Accepted April 6, 2016
First published May 10, 2016.

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October 25, 2017

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