Cardiac rehabilitation in a transplanted person with emery-dreifuss muscular dystrophy

• Autor(a) principal: Loureiro, Maria
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Branco, Carlos, Duarte, João, Coutinho, GF, Martins, MM, Novo, André
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10198/28510
• topic: Heart transplant; Emery-dreifuss muscular dystrophy; Cardiac rehabilitation

Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy is a rare hereditary neuromuscular disease. Its manifestations begin primarily in childhood. The most frequent manifestations are progressive muscle weakness, atrophy that usually begins in the scapulavertebral region, extending later to the pelvic girdle, and spinal stiffness. Patients can also manifest cardiac involvement as palpitations, syncope, exercise intolerance, congestive heart failure, and variable heart rhythm disturbances The presence and severity of these manifestations can vary according to the individual and the disease’s subtypes.Cardiac involvement is the most worrisome feature of this disease, and there are some reports of the need for heart transplantation in this dystrophy.