Cause of heart arrhythmia in adult muscular dystrophy clarified

Thursday, June 16, 2016 - 12:01 in Health & Medicine

The cause of heart arrhythmia in myotonic dystrophy was RNA abnormalities in the sodium channel in the heart, clarifying the symptom's mechanism, an international joint research group found. This finding will be helpful in prevention and early intervention of death in this disease, leading to the development of new treatment.

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