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Myocardial native T1 mapping and extracellular volume quantification in asymptomatic female carriers of Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene mutations.
Orphanet journal of rare diseases - 11 Sept 2023
Masárová Lucia, Panovský Roman, Pešl Martin, Mojica-Pisciotti Mary Luz, Holeček Tomáš, Kincl Vladimír, Juříková Lenka, Máchal Jan, Opatřil Lukáš, Feitová Věra
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Female carriers of dystrophin gene mutations (DMD-FC) were previously considered non-manifesting, but in recent decades, cardiomyopathy associated with muscular dystrophy and myocardial fibrosis has been described. Our study aimed to assess prospectively myocardial fibrosis in asymptomatic DMD-FC compared to a sex-matched control group (CG) with similar age distribution using native T1 mapping and...
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