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Left ventricular dysfunction in duchenne muscular dystrophy and genotype.
The American journal of cardiology - 15 Jul 2014
Ashwath Mahi L, Jacobs Irwin B, Crowe Carol A, Ashwath Ravi C, Super Dennis M, Bahler Robert C
Abstract excerpt
Prognosis in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is guarded, and most deaths are due to cardiac or respiratory causes. It is unclear if some DMD gene mutations might be predictive of either mild or severe cardiac dysfunction. We studied 75 patients with DMD followed at our institution. Cardiac function, as assessed by yearly echocardiography, showed marked variability in left ventricular (LV)...
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