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Summary: This paper discusses the evolving concept of atrial myopathy by presenting how it develops and how it affects the properties of the atria. It also reviews the complex relationships among atrial myopathy, atrial fibrillation (AF), and stroke ...
Mark J Shen
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A rare structural myopathy: nemaline myopathy [PDF]
Nemaline myopathy, which is characterized by the accumulation of ''rod'' bodies in muscle fibers is a very rare inherited muscle disease. According to the underlying mutation, the disease has varying severity of clinical outcomes. Patients with severe forms of the disease die because of hypotonia, feeding difficulties, aspiration pneumonia, and ...
Yeşilbaş, Osman +7 more
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Endocrine myopathy: Case-based review
Endocrine myopathy means muscle weakness in the presence of an abnormal endocrine state. Most of the endocrine disorders are associated with myopathy and it is usually reversible with correction of the underlying disturbance, though, there is an ...
Babul Reddy Hanmayyagari +4 more
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STATINS AND MYOPATHY: MOLECULAR MECHANISMS
The safety of statin therapy is considered. In particular the reasons of a complication such as myopathy are discussed in detail. The molecular mechanisms of statin myopathy , as well as its risk factors are presented.
O. M. Drapkina +2 more
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Impaired left atrial (LA) function in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is associated with adverse outcomes. A subgroup of HFpEF may have LA myopathy out of proportion to left ventricular (LV) dysfunction; therefore, we sought to ...
Ravi B. Patel +16 more
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Valosin‐containing protein (VCP)‐associated multisystem proteinopathy (MSP) is a rare genetic disorder with abnormalities in the autophagy pathway leading to various combinations of myopathy, bone diseases, and neurodegeneration.
Bhaskar Roy +19 more
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Although 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitors are well tolerated, a small subset of patients may develop autoimmune myopathy, classified as immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy.
Hunza Chaudhry +5 more
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Purpose of reviewOur aim is to highlight major advances reported in the last few years in drug-induced muscle toxicity.Recent findingsOur focus is on myopathies induced by statins and immune checkpoint inhibitors with a brief overview of rare steroid myopathies.
Mamatha, Pasnoor +2 more
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Atrial Myopathy Underlying Atrial Fibrillation [PDF]
While AF most often occurs in the setting of atrial disease, current assessment and treatment of patients with AF does not focus on the extent of the atrial myopathy that serves as the substrate for this arrhythmia.
Goldberger, Jeffrey J +5 more
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Clinical and histopathological features of myositis in systemic lupus erythematosus
Objective The objectives of this study were to compare the clinical features of patients with SLE with and without myopathy and to describe the muscle biopsy features of patients with SLE myopathy.Methods This nested case–control study included all ...
Michelle A Petri +4 more
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