THE HEART IN MYOTONIA ATROPHICA

The Heart in Myotonia Atrophica.

The heart in myotonia atrophica.

Heart Disease as the Presenting Feature in Myotonia Atrophica.

Nearly 20 years ago Evans (1944) suggested that the cardiac abnormalities that are associated with myotonia atrophica might in some cases be an important aid to the early diagnosis of this disease. This report concerns a patient who was first thought to be a case of non-specific myocarditis, but who later proved to be one of cardiomyopathy due to myotonia atrophica after a family history of thi...

Electrical myotonia in heterozygous carriers of recessive myotonia congenita.

We investigated electrophysiologically the unaffected parents of patients with recessive myotonia congenita. We studied 18 families, in nine of which the diagnosis was confirmed by molecular genetics. Brief myotonic discharges were present in at least one parent in 67% of the families. Fathers were more likely than mothers to show these discharges. The difficulty in distinguishing very mildly a...

the role of type-d personality, social support and self-compassion in prediction of health behaviors in coronary heart disease patients

نظر به اهمیت و تاثیر روزافزون عوامل روانی – اجتماعی در سلامت جسمی و تاثیر عوامل روان شناختی در بروز بیماریهای مختلف از جمله بیماریهای قلبی و عروقی این پژوهش با هدف کلی بررسی ارتباط تیپ شخصیتی d ، حمایت اجتماعی و خود دلسوزی در پیش بینی رفتارهای بهداشتی بیماران کرونر قلبی و تعیین تفاوت بین بیماران کرونر قلبی با و بدون جراحی و افراد سالم در این متغیرها و رفتارهای بهداشتی آنان، انجام گرفت. جامعه آ...