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. 2021 Apr 7;8(5):651–668. doi: 10.1002/mdc3.13188

TABLE 1.

Neurological conditions mainly manifested by movement disorders with common and prominent cardiac involvement

Cardiac Manifestations
Entity Movement Disorders Hypertrophic or Dilated Cardiomyopathy Electrocardiographic Abnormalities Structural Heart Defects Coronary Disease Valvulopathy Cardiac Autonomic Dysfunction Amyloid Deposition Sudden Cardiac Death
Friedreich ataxia (ATX‐ATM; MIM #229300) Ataxia, chorea, myoclonus, spastic ataxia, dystonia X (hypertrophic > dilated) X (atrial fibrillation, flutter, T‐wave inversion, abnormally broad Q waves, short PR interval, other repolarization abnormalities, right QRS axis deviation) X X X
Refsum disease (ATX‐PHYH; MIM #266500 and ATX‐PEX7; MIM #614879) Ataxia X (hypertrophic and dilated) X (first‐degree atrioventricular block, bundle branch block) X
Phosphomannomutase‐2 deficiency‐congenital disorder of glycosylation (ATX‐PMM2; MIM #601785) Ataxia, dystonia X (hypertrophic) X
Dilated cardiomyopathy with ataxia syndrome (ATX‐DNAJC19; MIM #610198) Ataxia, dystonia, tremor, and dyskinesia X (dilated) X (long QT syndrome or nonspecific ST/T wave changes) X
Huntington's disease (CHOR‐HTT; MIM #143100) Chorea, parkinsonism, dystonia, myoclonus X (atrial and ventricular fibrillation, decreased RR interval, prolonged QRS, QTc, intraventricular conduction delay, and right bundle branch block) X X X
Sydenham's chorea Chorea X (prolonged PR and QTc intervals) X (especially mitral valve)
McLeod syndrome (CHOR‐XK; MIM #300842) Chorea X (hypertrophic > dilated) X (atrial fibrillation or flutter, slowing of atrio‐ventricular conduction and repolarization alterations) X X X
Chorea‐acanthocytosis (CHOR‐VPS13A; MIM #200150) Chorea, dystonia, parkinsonism X (hypertrophic and dilated) X (ventricular tachycardia or sick sinus syndrome with severe bradycardia and pacemaker implantation)
Parkinson's disease (including SNCA‐related Parkinson's disease) Parkinsonism, tremor, dystonia dyskinesia X X X
Dementia with Lewy bodies Parkinsonism, tremor, dystonia, dyskinesia X X
22q11.2 deletion syndrome‐associated Parkinson's disease (MIM #192430) Parkinsonism, tremor, myoclonus X X
Restless legs syndrome and periodic leg movements of sleep RLS, PLMS X (atrial fibrillation) X X
Wilson's disease (DYT/ATX‐ATP7B; MIM #277900) Dystonia, parkinsonism, ataxia, chorea, myoclonus, tremor, orofacial dyskinesias X (hypertrophic > dilated) X (supraventricular tachycardia, extrasystolic beats, atrial and ventricular fibrillation, cardiac arrest, early repolarization, ST depression, T‐wave inversion, wide QRS complex, premature atrial or ventricular contractions, sinoatrial block, Mobitz type 1 atrioventricular block) X X
Mitochondrial disorders: MERRF and MELAS syndromes (mt‐MTTK; MIM #590060), Kearns‐Sayre syndrome (MIM #530000), Leigh syndrome (MIM #256000 and MIM #220111), NARP syndrome (MIM #551500), and oxidative phosphorylation and respiratory chain disorders, Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (MIM #535000), POLG‐related disorders, including SANDO syndrome (MIM #607459, #258450, #203700, #613662) Myoclonus, dystonia, ataxia, parkinsonism, tremor, spastic paraparesis X (hypertrophic and dilated) X (symptomatic bradycardia, sinus tachycardia, supraventricular tachycardia, nonsustained ventricular tachycardia, ventricular extrasystoles, bundle branch block, complete atrial‐ventricular block, heart block, and Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome) X X X
Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis (ATX‐CYP27A1; MIM #213700) Ataxia, parkinsonism, dystonia, myoclonus, spastic paraplegia, X (hypertrophic) X (ventricular tachycardia and atrial fibrillation ) X X X
ATP1A3‐related syndromes Dystonia, parkinsonism, ataxia, paroxysmal movements X X

X indicates the presence of the corresponding heart manifestation.

MIM, Mendelian Inheritance in Man; PLMS, periodic limb movements of sleep; RLS, restless legs syndrome; MERRF, myoclonic epilepsy associated with ragged‐red fibers; MELAS, mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke‐like episodes; NARP, neuropathy, ataxia, and retinitis pigmentosa; SANDO, sensory ataxic neuropathy, dysarthria, and ophthalmoparesis.