Left ventricular dysfunction and conduction disturbances in patients with myotonic muscular dystrophy type I and II
T Tanawuttiwat, KR Wagner, G Tomaselli… - JAMA …, 2017 - jamanetwork.com
Methods| The source cohort is a Johns Hopkins Hospital institutional review board–
approved prospective open cohort of consecutive patients with MMD referred to the
Electrophysiology Service. The cohort was divided into 2 sections. Those with magnetic
resonance imaging and/or additional genetic testing provided written informed consent.
However, those who did not undergo testing beyond our clinical routine were enrolled in a
deidentified consent-exempt registry. We retrospectively summarized data on 136 patients …
approved prospective open cohort of consecutive patients with MMD referred to the
Electrophysiology Service. The cohort was divided into 2 sections. Those with magnetic
resonance imaging and/or additional genetic testing provided written informed consent.
However, those who did not undergo testing beyond our clinical routine were enrolled in a
deidentified consent-exempt registry. We retrospectively summarized data on 136 patients …