Cardiac Involvement in Movement Disorders.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Several conditions represented mainly by movement disorders are associated with cardiac disease, which can be overlooked in clinical practice in the context of a prominent primary neurological disorder.

Objectives

To review neurological conditions that combine movement disorders and primary cardiac involvement.

Methods

A comprehensive and structured literature search following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses criteria was conducted to identify disorders combining movement disorders and cardiac disease.

Results

Some movement disorders are commonly or prominently associated with cardiac disease. Neurological and cardiac symptoms may share underlying physiopathological mechanisms in diseases, such as Friedreich's at

SUBMITTER: Rossi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8287161 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature