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Left ventricular function in adults with muscular dystrophies: genotype-phenotype correlations.
Revista portuguesa de cardiologia : orgao oficial da Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia = Portuguese journal of cardiology : an official journal of the Portuguese Society of Cardiology - 1 Jan 2005
Martins Elisabete, Silva-Cardoso J, Silveira Fernando, Nadais Goreti, Gonçalves F Rocha
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BACKGROUND: Left ventricular dysfunction (LVD) is a clinical manifestation of muscular dystrophy (MD) in adults and an important prognostic factor. However, there is a lack of recommendations concerning cardiac followup of these patients. The aim of this work was to evaluate the prevalence of systolic LVD in adults with MD. METHODS: The patients, referred from a Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, underwent clinical...
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