Cardiac fibrosis, arrhythmia and sudden death in myotonic dystrophy type 1: could TGF-ß1 improve the predictive accuracy of patients at risk, opening new therapeutic challenges?

Int J Cardiol. 2013 Oct 12;168(5):4976-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.07.135. Epub 2013 Aug 7.

Authors

Emanuela Turillazzi¹, Margherita Neri, Irene Riezzo, Marco Di Paolo, Laura Evangelisti, Vittorio Fineschi

Affiliation

¹ Department of Forensic Pathology, University of Foggia, Ospedale Colonnello D'Avanzo, Viale degli Aviatori 1, 71100 Foggia, Italy.

PMID: 23931970
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.07.135

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Arrhythmias, Cardiac / pathology*
Death, Sudden, Cardiac*
Electrocardiography
Fatal Outcome
Fibrosis / pathology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Myotonic Dystrophy / pathology*