Background and purpose: Cardiac involvement is observed in about 80% of subjects with myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) and is mainly characterized by cardiac conduction and/or rhythm abnormalities (CCRAs), possibly leading to sudden cardiac death (SCD). Our objective was to investigate whether the gender difference may influence the cardiac involvement and SCD in DM1. Methods: We analyzed prevalence and incidence of cardiological abnormalities in males versus females in 151 consecutive DM1 patients over a 35-year follow-up period. Results: Fifty-five patients, 35 males (62.5%) and 20 females (42.5%), developed some type of CCRA during the follow-up period (mean 7.82 ± 6.21 years). CCRA overall, and specifically cardiac conduction abnormalities (CCAs), were significantly more frequent in males than in females (p = 0.043 and p = 0.031, respectively). CCRAs progressed in 16 males (45.7%) and six females (30%). Twenty-four patients, 14 males (25.0%) and 10 females (21.3%), died during the follow-up. Nine of them, six males (10.7%) and three females (6.4%), had SCD. After correction for Muscular Impairment Rating Scale progression, cytosine thymine-guanine expansion, and follow-up duration, a higher prevalence of CCAs was independently associated with male gender (p = 0.039), but independent association with gender was not detected for CCRAs overall, cardiac rhythm abnormalities, and SCD prevalence, even if prevalence was higher in males than females. Conclusions: The overall risk of occurrence of CCAs in DM1 is significantly higher in males than females regardless of genetic background and disease severity and progression. Moreover, the data also suggest a similar impact for male gender for CCRAs overall, CCAs, and SCD even if not statistically significant.

Gender effect on cardiac involvement in myotonic dystrophy type 1 / Garibaldi, M.; Lauletta, A.; Bucci, E.; Fionda, L.; Vanoli, F.; Leonardi, L.; Alfieri, G.; Tufano, L.; Morino, S.; Merlonghi, G.; Anibaldi, P.; Salvetti, M.; Testa, M.; Antonini, G.. - In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY. - ISSN 1351-5101. - (2020). [10.1111/ene.14665]

Gender effect on cardiac involvement in myotonic dystrophy type 1

Garibaldi M.;Lauletta A.;Bucci E.;Fionda L.;Vanoli F.;Leonardi L.;Alfieri G.;Tufano L.;Morino S.;Merlonghi G.;Anibaldi P.;Salvetti M.;Testa M.;Antonini G.
2020

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Background and purpose: Cardiac involvement is observed in about 80% of subjects with myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) and is mainly characterized by cardiac conduction and/or rhythm abnormalities (CCRAs), possibly leading to sudden cardiac death (SCD). Our objective was to investigate whether the gender difference may influence the cardiac involvement and SCD in DM1. Methods: We analyzed prevalence and incidence of cardiological abnormalities in males versus females in 151 consecutive DM1 patients over a 35-year follow-up period. Results: Fifty-five patients, 35 males (62.5%) and 20 females (42.5%), developed some type of CCRA during the follow-up period (mean 7.82 ± 6.21 years). CCRA overall, and specifically cardiac conduction abnormalities (CCAs), were significantly more frequent in males than in females (p = 0.043 and p = 0.031, respectively). CCRAs progressed in 16 males (45.7%) and six females (30%). Twenty-four patients, 14 males (25.0%) and 10 females (21.3%), died during the follow-up. Nine of them, six males (10.7%) and three females (6.4%), had SCD. After correction for Muscular Impairment Rating Scale progression, cytosine thymine-guanine expansion, and follow-up duration, a higher prevalence of CCAs was independently associated with male gender (p = 0.039), but independent association with gender was not detected for CCRAs overall, cardiac rhythm abnormalities, and SCD prevalence, even if prevalence was higher in males than females. Conclusions: The overall risk of occurrence of CCAs in DM1 is significantly higher in males than females regardless of genetic background and disease severity and progression. Moreover, the data also suggest a similar impact for male gender for CCRAs overall, CCAs, and SCD even if not statistically significant.
2020
cardiac abnormalities; CTG expansion; gender; myotonic dystrophy; sudden death
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Gender effect on cardiac involvement in myotonic dystrophy type 1 / Garibaldi, M.; Lauletta, A.; Bucci, E.; Fionda, L.; Vanoli, F.; Leonardi, L.; Alfieri, G.; Tufano, L.; Morino, S.; Merlonghi, G.; Anibaldi, P.; Salvetti, M.; Testa, M.; Antonini, G.. - In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY. - ISSN 1351-5101. - (2020). [10.1111/ene.14665]
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