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Rik De Decker Cardiology Red Cross Children’s Hospital
Cardiac Involvement of Neuromuscular Disorders in Children
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A first emergency…
• 12 yr old boy in ward B2, RXH
• known DMD
• sudden deterioration with ?pneumonia
• cardiomegaly on CXR
• in severe CCF
• died 1 week later of severe cardiomyopathy
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A summary list of NMDs
Durbeej M & Campbell KP. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development 2002, 12:349–361 MCNALLY EM AND MACLEOD H. NATURE CLINICAL PRACTICE CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE 2005: 2 (6):301-308.
…and listed by their implicated gene(s)
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The commoner NMDs
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Daphne Hsu 2010
Research indicates that disruption of the dystrophin glycoprotein complex … may be the final common pathway leading to myocardial dysfunction and end-stage ventricular failure.
Hsu DT Paediatric Respiratory Reviews 11 (2010) 35–38
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A common pathway: the DGC a macromolecular complex essential to membrane stability and
extracellular interaction
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The DGC and the loci for NMDs
Durbeej M & Campbell KP. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development 2002, 12:349–361
LGMD 21
DMD BMD
EDMD
LGMD
LGMD 1B
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Gene mutations and cardiac manifestations of the neuromuscular disorders
D.T. Hsu Paediatric Respiratory Reviews 11 (2010) 35–38
ECG Arrhythmia NMD
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy
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Guillaume-Benjamin-Amand Duchenne (de Boulogne) 1806 - 1875
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Cardiomyopathy!
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The crux
The presence of clinical heart failure can be difficult to ascertain in patients with generalized neuromuscular weakness, because respiratory and peripheral myopathic findings can mimic heart failure symptoms.
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By 20 yrs of age
• 80-90% of patients with Duchenne MD and
• 50% of patients with Becker MD
will have echocardiographic evidence of a dilated cardiomyopathy
• 50% of DMD patients will have clinical signs of heart failure.
• BMD patients by 40yrs
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LV dysfunction shortens life significantly
Corrado G et al. Am J Cardiol 2002;89:838–841.
10 yrs
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Echo of DMD cardiomyopathy
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Echo of DMD cardiomyopathy
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The electrocardiogram “a curious question”
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• The electrocardiographic abnormalities in Duchenne dystrophy
have been regarded as a manifestation of the dystrophic process in
the myocardium.
• This view, however, fails to explain two fundamental facts in this
form of muscular dystrophy:
(1) the absence of the symptoms of heart failure and
(2) the uniform, typical electrocardiographic pattern.
• The predominant view is that the depressed motor activity of the
patients protects them against the onset of heart failure.
Slucka C Circulation 1968;38:933-940
1968
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Early interpretations of the ECG changes of DMD
Slucka C Circulation 1968;38:933-940
106pts, 3-29yr old
64pts 24pts 13pts
“seen no relation between the type
of electrocardiographic
abnormalities and the duration of
the disease or severity of the
condition … and immobilization.”
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LAD, rSR’s’, RBBB
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RAD, rSR’ pattern, dom R wave in V1, poor R wave progression, upright T in V1…
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Spectrum of ECG changes in DMD
Takami Y et al. Pediatr Neurol 2008;39:399-403.
Not correlated to dystrophin gene mutations
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ECG abnormalities per age groups
Takami Y et al. Pediatr Neurol 2008;39:399-403.
No significant difference between age groups
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ECG and DCM
ECG abnormalities correlated well with the presence of existing DCM, with 94% of patients with DCM having an abnormal ECG vs. 44% of those without DCM
Interestingly in many patients, ECG abnormalities preceded the development of DCM by an average of 3.7 years before overt echocardiographic evidence of cardiomyopathy
Shah AM et al. Heart Rhythm 2010;7:1484 –1488
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Can an ECG predict DCM?
96% sensitivity
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Survival from DCM based on ECG abnormalities at presentation
Shah AM et al. Heart Rhythm 2010;7:1484 –1488
ECG abnormalities at presentation correlate strongly with the risk of having or developing DCM
in the ensuing years
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What’s so curious…? 78 DMD pts younger than 6yo, none on steroids
• 78% had ECG changes, only 1 patient had echo changes
• early ECG changes occur in the absence of myocardial inflammation or fibrosis
• the early ECG phenotype is not a manifestation of dystrophin deficient cardiomyocytes but rather dystrophin deficient Purkinje fibers
• ECG may be a more sensitive diagnostic test than echocardiography for detecting early manifestations of DMD associated cardiac disease
• An abnormal ECG in a young boy with skeletal muscle weakness or gross motor delay should prompt testing for a dystrophinopathy
• Earlier diagnosis may improve clinical outcomes in an era where corticosteroid treatment is being initiated at a young age
James J et al. Neuromuscular Disorders 21 (2011) 462–467
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The effect of steroids on the heart
• The natural history of the disease has been altered by the use of corticosteroids, which have demonstrated preservation and improvement of cardiac, pulmonary, and motor functions
• Prolonged lifespan of these patients puts more stress on the heart, with a larger number dying of cardiac causes
• The most important finding in this study is that there is no difference between ECG findings in patients with CMO and those without CMO
Thrush PT Am J Cardiol 2009;103:262–265
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But remember…
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Cardiac screening recommendations for neuromuscular disorders
Hsu DT. Paediatric Respiratory Reviews 11 (2010) 35–38
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Cardiac screening: All with the potential to have NMD
• ECG
• 24hr Holter ECG
• Echo (inc myocardial tissue Doppler echo)
• CMR
• [cardiac biomarkers: BNP, Troponin, CPK]
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Treatment
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Perindopril effect on LVEF
Duboc D et al. JACC 2005 45(6): 855–7
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Survival of patients on perindopril
Duboc D et al. Am Heart J 2007;154:596-602
26 of 28 pts alive
19 of 29 pts alive
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• Patients should have a cardiac investigation (echo and ECG) at diagnosis.
• DMD patients should have cardiac investigations before any surgery, every 2 years to age 10 and annually after age 10.
• Respiratory failure is also common in DMD and assessment and treatment of respiratory function should be performed in parallel with the cardiological investigations.
• Patients should be treated with ACE inhibitors initially in the presence of progressive abnormalities. Subsequently the addition of beta blockers should be considered.
• There is no evidence that the currently used steroid treatment regimes have a detrimental effect on cardiac involvement or are a contraindication for the concurrent use of ACE inhibitors.
• The multiple other complications of DMD including scoliosis and respiratory failure mean that these patients are rarely fit for cardiac transplantation.
Treatment recommendations 107th ENMC International Workshop: the management of cardiac involvement in muscular dystrophy and myotonic dystrophy
Bushby K et al. Neuromuscular Disorders 13 (2003) 166–172
• Echo and ECG
– every 2 years to age 10
– annually after age 10
• respiratory function
• ACE inhibitors and beta blockers
• steroid treatment
• rarely fit for cardiac transplantation
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There is an urgent need … to determine whether treatment of patients with cardiomyopathy, prior to the onset of symptoms, improves prognosis
There is also unpublished evidence to suggest that treatment even before any impairment of ventricular function is detectable on echocardiogram, may delay the onset and progression of cardiomyopathy
Bushby K et al. Neuromuscular Disorders 13 (2003) 166–172
Treatment recommendations 107th ENMC International Workshop: the management of cardiac involvement in muscular dystrophy and myotonic dystrophy
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Anaesthesia
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• intraoperative heart failure
• rhabdomyolysis and hyperkalaemic cardiac arrest
– with or without succinylcholine administration
• malignant hyperthermia
• post-operative respiratory failure
Gurnaney H et al. Anesth Analg 2009;109:1043–8
Anaesthetic complications of NMDs
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Gurnaney H et al suggest:
“All children presenting for administration of general anesthesia or sedation should be screened for motor milestones.
…signs of motor loss or delay should prompt suspicion of a subclinical myopathy and should warrant neurological evaluation and genetic testing before elective surgery.”
Gurnaney H et al. Anesth Analg 2009;109:1043–8
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In conclusion
ALL boys with undiagnosed motor delay deserve an ECG
ANY abnormality on that ECG is suspicious
ALL boys with motor delay and a suspicious ECG deserve full screening for a cardiomyopathy and an NMD
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See you at the World Congress next week!
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Epigenetics to the rescue?
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Verhaert D et al. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging 2011;4:67-76
DMD
LGMD 21
BMD
EDMD
LGMD
LGMD 1B