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© 2023 The Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology.Background and Aims: Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD) is caused by variants in EMD (EDMD1) and LMNA (EDMD2). Cardiac conduction defects and atrial arrhythmia are common to both, but LMNA variants also cause end-stage heart failure (ESHF) and malignant ventricular arrhythmia (MVA). This study aimed to better characterize the cardiac complications of EMD variants. Methods: Consecutively referred EMD variant-carriers were retrospectively recruited from 12 international cardiomyopathy units. MVA and ESHF incidences in male and female variant-carriers were determined. Male EMD variant-carriers with a cardiac phenotype at baseline (EMDCARDIAC) were compared with consecutively recruited male LMNA variant-carriers with a cardiac phenotype at baseline (LMNACARDIAC). Results: Longitudinal follow-up data were available for 38 male and 21 female EMD variant-carriers [mean (SD) ages 33.4 (13.3) and 43.3 (16.8) years, respectively]. Nine (23.7%) males developed MVA and five (13.2%) developed ESHF during a median (inter-quartile range) follow-up of 65.0 (24.3-109.5) months. No female EMD variant-carrier had MVA or ESHF, but nine (42.8%) developed a cardiac phenotype at a median (inter-quartile range) age of 58.6 (53.2-60.4) years. Incidence rates for MVA were similar for EMDCARDIAC and LMNACARDIAC (4.8 and 6.6 per 100 person-years, respectively; log-rank P =. 49). Incidence rates for ESHF were 2.4 and 5.9 per 100 person-years for EMDCARDIAC and LMNACARDIAC, respectively (log-rank P =. 09). Conclusions: Male EMD variant-carriers have a risk of progressive heart failure and ventricular arrhythmias similar to that of male LMNA variant-carriers. Early implantable cardioverter defibrillator implantation and heart failure drug therapy should be considered in male EMD variant-carriers with cardiac disease.
Author(s): Cannie DE, Syrris P, Protonotarios A, Bakalakos A, Pruny J-F, Ditaranto R, Martinez-Veira C, Larranaga-Moreira JM, Medo K, Bermudez-Jiménez FJ, Ben Yaou R, Leturcq F, Mezcua AR, Marini-Bettolo C, Cabrera E, Reuter C, Limeres Freire J, Rodriguez-Palomares JF, Mestroni L, Taylor MRG, Parikh VN, Ashley EA, Barriales-Villa R, Jiménez-Jaimez J, Garcia-Pavia P, Charron P, Biagini E, Garcia Pinilla JM, Bourke J, Savvatis K, Wahbi K, Elliott PM
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: European Heart Journal
Year: 2023
Volume: 44
Issue: 48
Pages: 5064-5073
Print publication date: 21/12/2023
Online publication date: 28/08/2023
Acceptance date: 21/08/2023
Date deposited: 15/01/2024
ISSN (print): 0195-668X
ISSN (electronic): 1522-9645
Publisher: Oxford University Press
URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehad561
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehad561
PubMed id: 37639473
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