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Early-onset late gadolinium enhancement is a prognostic factor for Duchenne cardiomyopathy
2022-05-16
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<title>Abstract</title> <p><italic>Hypothesis: </italic>Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is an inevitable complication of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) on MRI occurs in DMD-related DCM, indicating myocyte death and remodeling. We hypothesize that patients with earlier onset of LGE develop a more rapid decline in heart function.<italic>Methods: We conducted a </italic>retrospecti...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 772c7856-126c-55ea-9405-ea67edca9ec2
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1647485/v1
