Cardiac Complications Associated with Neuromuscular Diseases
Neuromuscular diseases (NMD) are a group of diseases that affect multiple organ systems. Cardiac involvement is a common manifestation in these individuals and the presentation can vary depending on the involvement of the heart musculature or the conducti
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Neuromuscular Urgencies and Emergencies
Niraj Arora • Raghav Govindarajan Saurabh Kataria Premkumar Nattanmai Chandrasekaran Editors
Neuromuscular Urgencies and Emergencies
Editors Niraj Arora Department of Neurology University of Missouri Columbia, MO USA
Raghav Govindarajan Department of Neurology University of Missouri Columbia, MO USA
Saurabh Kataria Department of Neurology University of Missouri Columbia, MO USA
Premkumar Nattanmai Chandrasekaran Department of Neurology University of Missouri Columbia, MO USA
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Preface
Books cannot save lives but can aspire someone to do better. (Niraj Arora)
Neurology is an exciting field with new research constantly emanating to explain the amazing power of the human brain. Neuromuscular disorders as a subspecialty has emerged rapidly and is a constantly growing field. As clinicians, we deal with a significant proportion of acute events that could happen during inpatient or outpatient management. Given the constantly growing neuromuscular emergencies and time constraints in acute management, sometimes it becomes challenging for the treating neurologist to differentiate the disorders in a timely manner to deliver the best possible care. As more time is spent in front o
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