Abstract |
Myosin-heavy-chain 7 (MYH7)-myopathy manifests clinically with a distal, scapuloperoneal, limb-girdle (proximal), or axial distribution and may involve the respiratory muscles. Cardiac involvement is frequent, ranging from relaxation impairment to severe dilative cardiomyopathy. Progression and earlier onset of cardiac disease in successive generations with MYH7-myopathy is unreported. In a five-generation family MYH7-myopathy due to the novel c.5566G > A (p.E1856K) mutation manifested with late-onset, distal > proximal myopathy and variable degree of cardiac involvement. The index patient developed distal myopathy since age 49 y and anginal chest pain. Her mother had distal myopathy and impaired myocardial relaxation. The daughter of the index patient had discrete myopathy but left ventricular hypertrabeculation/noncompaction and ventricular arrhythmias requiring an implantable cardioverter defibrillator. The granddaughter of the index patient had infantile dilated cardiomyopathy without overt myopathy. Cardiac involvement may be present in MYH7-myopathy and may be progressive between the generations, ranging from relaxation abnormality to noncompaction, ventricular arrhythmias, and dilated cardiomyopathy.
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Authors | Josef Finsterer, Oliver Brandau, Claudia Stöllberger, William Wallefeld, Nigel G Laing, Franco Laccone |
Journal | Neuromuscular disorders : NMD
(Neuromuscul Disord)
Vol. 24
Issue 8
Pg. 721-5
(Aug 2014)
ISSN: 1873-2364 [Electronic] England |
PMID | 24953931
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
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Copyright | Copyright © 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
Chemical References |
- MYH7 protein, human
- Cardiac Myosins
- Myosin Heavy Chains
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Topics |
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Cardiac Myosins
(genetics)
- Chest Pain
(genetics, physiopathology)
- Child, Preschool
- Family
- Female
- Heart
(physiopathology)
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Muscular Diseases
(genetics, physiopathology)
- Mutation
- Myosin Heavy Chains
(genetics)
- Pedigree
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