Cardiac pathology in degenerative muscular dystrophies Muscular dystrophies represent hereditary degenerative diseases affecting skeletal muscles. Some of them are associated with cardiovascular complications (dilated cardiomyopathy and/or cardiac arrhythmias). Such patients require a comprehensive approach for early diagnosis of cardiac pathology and initiation of appropriate treatment. After the presentation of a short literature review, a case of a patient with Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy is analised, who in addition to neurological pathology has cardiac complications. The therapeutic management of such a patient is discussed.

Distrofiile musculare (DM) sunt boli degenerative ereditare care afectează muşchii scheletici. Unele dintre ele sunt asociate cu complicaţii cardiovasculare (cardiomiopatia dilatativă şi/sau aritmii cardiace). Pacienţii respectivi necesită o abordare multilaterală cu diagnosticarea precoce a patologiei cardiace şi iniţierea tratamentului adecvat. După un scurt review al literaturii este descris cazul clinic al unei paciente cu distrofie musculară forma centurilor (Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy), care pe lângă patologia neurologică are complicaţii cardiace. Este discutat managementul terapeutic al unui astfel de pacient.