Title: Nemaline myopathy associated with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Abstract: Nemaline myopathy is not usually considered to involve cardiac muscle and rarely is associated with nocturnal hypoventilation. We report a boy, years of age, with nemaline myopathy who presented with respiratory failure. Echocardiography demonstrated the septum to left ventricular posterior wall ratio to be increased which is consistent with a hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Because of nocturnal hypoventilation, tracheostomy was placed for ventilatory assistance. Aprocess involving both muscle and nervous tissue may underlie this congenital myopathy; routine cardiac and pulmonary function evaluations may be indicated in these patients.
Publication Year: 1988
Publication Date: 1988-09-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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