People's perception of their overall coronary risk: an Italian experience.

Background: Strategies to prevent cardiovascular diseases are still not widely applied. It is vital to involve people for effective prevention, and knowledge of their own coronary risk is a first step. Little is known about how people perceive their coronary risk.

[Typical electrocardiogram in atypical context. Or, when history and electrocardiogram are conclusive for a complex diagnosis].

A case of sudden death in an old female carrier of Duchenne muscular dystrophy is reported. Typical electrocardiographic features were registered without other signs or symptoms of heart involvement. In particular, cardiomyopathy was excluded by echocardiographic evaluation.