Welcome Donna P.

[Guest guest]

Welcome to you, Donna P. and thanks very much for posting your

introduction. In the Pub Med database (a service of the National

Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health) I have

found 30 entries for a general search of 'Charcot Marie Tooth heart'

dating as far back as 1973. For some, no abstract is available,

others there are abstracts. Below is the most recent one, from this

past January 2006.

Cardiology. 2006;105(3):142-5.

Left ventricular hypertrabeculation/noncompaction with PMP22

duplication-based Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A.

Corrado G, Checcarelli N, Santarone M, Stollberger C, Finsterer J.

Unita Operativa di Cardiologia, Ospedale Valduce, Como, Italy.

A 50-year-old women with Charcot-Marie-Tooth hereditary neuropathy

type 1A due to the PMP22 duplication on chromosome 17p11.2-12

developed a left bundle branch block and progressive dilatation of

the left ventricle since age 40 years and recurrent heart failure

since age 44 years. At age 50 years left ventricular

hypertrabeculation/noncompaction was first recognized on

transthoracic echocardiography. A possible causal relation between

the cardiac abnormalities and the PMP22 duplication is discussed.

I hope you enjoy being a part of our community and find us

helpful and hopeful.

~ Gretchen (Founder and ELC of )

[Guest guest]

Welcome Donna,

I think you will find alot of information here as well as alot of

very friendly people. Our founder Gretchen is just great and so

helpful. Again welcome and its so nice to have a fellow Minnesotan

in the group. Where in Mn do you live? I am in Brooklyn Center, a

small suberb of Minneapolis.

Kathy in Mn