Does profound cardiac conduction delay predict mortality in myotonic dystrophy type 1?
These findings suggest that silent cardiac dysfunction in DM1 patients may cause significant disturbances that over time result in serious complications. Regular follow-up of such patients with detailed electrical and mechanical cardiac assessment may suggest a need for early intervention that may avoid early mortality in some.
The surgical manipulations performed in inguinal hernia operations in children cause transient changes in testes vascularization in early postoperative period but turns to normal late postoperatively.