ArticleCase reports in cardiology2016
MELAS Syndrome with Cardiac Involvement: A Multimodality Imaging Approach.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.
- The heart in m.3243A>G carriers.Herz · 2020Pooled it
- Phenotypic overlap masking MELAS in Turner syndrome: a diagnostic challenge.European heart journal. Case reports · 2026Article
- Cardiac manifestations in adult MELAS syndrome (mitochondrial encephalomyopathy with lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes syndrome)- a cross-sectional study.Orphanet journal of rare diseases · 2025Article
- Systemic and Cardiac Microvascular Dysfunction in Hypertension.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
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- Mitochondrial Chronic Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia.Brain sciences · 2024Review
- Stroke-like lesions should not be mixed up with ischemic stroke in MELAS with cardioembolic risk.Clinical case reports · 2023Article
- Mutational Analysis and mtDNA Haplogroup Characterization in Three Serbian Cases of Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathies and Literature Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Mitochondrial 3243A > G mutation confers pro-atherogenic and pro-inflammatory properties in MELAS iPS derived endothelial cells.Cell death & disease · 2019Article
- Involvement of the cerebral veins in MELAS syndrome?Neuroradiology · 2017Article
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Abstract
A 49-year-old man presented with chest pain, dyspnea, and lactic acidosis. Left ventricular hypertrophy and myocardial fibrosis were detected. The sequencing of mitochondrial genome (mtDNA) revealed the presence of A to G mtDNA point mutation at position 3243 (m.3243A>G) in
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