Patient-performed functional tests were found to be reliable, scalable options for assessing muscle function in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies.

The hearts of people with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy are thicker, and must beat more forcefully to pump blood out and into the body. This can lead to a variety of symptoms, which may sometimes ...

Immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy (IMNM) is a type of inflammatory myopathy. Most patients with IMNM produce anti-3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase or anti-signal-recognition particle ...

In the past decade there has been a growing interest in understanding sex and gender differences in myocarditis and dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), and the purpose of this review is to provide an update ...

Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) are a group of systemic autoimmune inflammatory disorders characterised by symmetrical skeletal muscle weakness and accelerated fatigue also in the early ...

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is an underdiagnosed genetic heart condition. Raising awareness through advocacy can help increase the rates of diagnosis and proper management. HCM is when the ...

Sex differences in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy have been elaborated by many studies. However, large studies of the association of patient sex with outcomes after surgical myectomy are ...

Myopathy refers to diseases of skeletal muscles (muscles connected to bone). The condition can be acute (meaning sudden, severe, and short-lasting) or chronic (persistent, recurrent, and often ...