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Hindi Case Report, Int J Cardiovasc Res Vol: 2 Issue: 4
Role of an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator in Emery Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy: A Case Report and a Review of the Literature
| Priyank Shah1*, Nishant Gupta1, Sharad Bajaj1, Mahesh Bikkina1, Fayez Shamoon2 and Raja’a Kaddaha1 | |
| 1St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, Department of Cardiology, 703 Main Street, Paterson, New Jersey-07503, USA | |
| 2St. Michael’s Medical Center, Department of Cardiology, 111 Central Ave, Newark, New Jersey-07102, USA | |
| Corresponding author : Priyank P Shah 249 Belleville Avenue, Apt 21-B, Bloomfield, NJ, 07003 Tel: 862-591-4954; Fax: 973-754-3376 E-mail: priyank_221084@yahoo.com |
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| Received: June 13, 2013 Accepted: July 16, 2013 Published: July 24, 2013 | |
| Citation: Shah P, Gupta N, Bajaj S, Bikkina M, Shamoon F, et al. (2013) Role of an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator in Emery Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy: A Case Report and a Review of the Literature. Int J Cardiovasc Res 2:4. doi:10.4172/2324-8602.1000133 |
Abstract
Role of an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator in Emery Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy: A Case Report and a Review of the Literature
Emery dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD) is one of the three most common inherited muscular dystrophies characterized by a triad of contractures, muscle weakness, and cardiac involvement (conduction abnormalities and/or cardiomyopathy). It can be inherited as X-linked recessive, autosomal dominant or autosomal recessive pattern. Cardiac involvement is evident in virtually all cases by the end of 4th decade. There is no relationship between the severity of cardiac and skeletal muscle involvement, irrespective of the mode of inheritance and type of mutations.
