Left ventricular function in alpha-sarcoglycanopathy and gamma-sarcoglycanopathy

Acta Neurol Belg. 2014 Dec;114(4):257-9. doi: 10.1007/s13760-013-0276-5. Epub 2014 Jan 25.

Abstract

Sarcoglycanopathies are autosomic recessive muscular dystrophies, secondary to mutations of the sarcoglycan complex. Heart can be involved in sarcoglycanopathies. We sought to analyse left ventricular function in patients with alpha-sarcoglycanopathy and gamma-sarcoglycanopathy. We conducted a retrospective study that aimed to analyse clinical and echocardiographic data of patients with sarcoglycanopathies. Our study included 19 patients: eight patients with alpha-sarcoglycanopathy and 11 patients with gamma-sarcoglycanopathy. Mean age was 37.8 ± 8.7 years in alpha-sarcoglycanopathy and 36 ± 7.3 years in gamma-sarcoglycanopathy. Mean VC was, respectively, 36.3 ± 18 % in alpha-sarcoglycanopathy and 23.5 ± 6.8 % in gamma-sarcoglycanopathy (p 0.05). 1/8 patients disclosed a left ventricular dysfunction with a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) <50 % in alpha-sarcoglycanopathy, whereas 5/11 patients disclosed a left ventricular dysfunction (LVEF < 50 %) in gamma-sarcoglycanopathy. LV was altered in gamma-sarcoglycanopathy than in alpha-sarcoglycanopathy (LVEF at 45.6 ± 18 vs. 59.6 ± 5.9 % p 0.018). We found a significant alteration of the left ventricular function in gamma-sarcoglycanopathy compared to alpha-sarcoglycanopathy.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Echocardiography, Doppler
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Muscle, Skeletal / pathology
  • Mutation / genetics
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Sarcoglycanopathies / complications*
  • Sarcoglycanopathies / pathology*
  • Sarcoglycans / genetics*
  • Sarcoglycans / metabolism
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / etiology*
  • Ventricular Function, Left / physiology
  • Vital Capacity

Substances

  • Sarcoglycans