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Table 2 Multisystemic symptoms of all included MFM patients (n = 43)

From: Unusual multisystemic involvement and a novel BAG3 mutation revealed by NGS screening in a large cohort of myofibrillar myopathies

Symptom

 

Frequency

Respiratory symptoms (6)

restricted vital capacity

6**

(1x DES, 1x FLNC, 1x MYOT, 1x CRYAB)

ventilation assistance

1

 

nocturnal ventilation

2

(1x DES, 1x FLNC)

Cardiac symptoms (12)

atrial fibrillation

8

(1x DES, 2x MYOT)

tachyarrhythmia absoluta

1

(1x DES)

ventricular tachycardia

1

 

bradycardia

1

 

ventricular extrasystoles

1

 

3° AV block

3*

(2x DES, 1x MYOT)

LBBB

2

(1x MYOT)

RBBB

1

 

bifascicular block

1

 

tricuspid insufficiency

2

(1x DES)

aortic/mitral/tricuspid insufficiency

1

 

heart failure

3

(1x MYOT)

LV hypertrophy

3

 

DCM

2

(1x DES, 1x MYOT)

pace maker

6

(2x DES, 2xMYOT)

ICD

1

(1x MYOT)

heart transplantation

1

(1x MYOT)

sudden cardiac death

0

 

Polyneuropathy (12)

axonal

3

(1x BAG3)

demyelinating

0

 

axonal-demyelinating

9

(1x MYOT)

sensory

0

 

sensory + autonomic

1

 

motor

1

 

sensorimotor

10

(1x MYOT, 1x BAG3)

Bulbar symptoms (8)

dysphagia

5

(1x DES)

dysphonia

2

(1x DES)

Hearing impairment

 

6

(2x DES, 1x FLNC)

Gynaecomastia

 

1

 
  1. One patient can present more than one multisystemic symptom; between brackets, the number of cases with an identified mutation in whom the symptom was present; **, symptom was the onset symptom in two cases; 3° AV block, complete atrioventricular conduction block; *, symptom was the onset symptom in one case; LBBB, left bundle branch block; RBBB, right bundle branch block; LV, left ventricle; DCM, dilated cardiomyopathy; ICD, implantable cardioverter defibrillator.