Myocardial Fibrosis Burden Predicts Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction and Is Associated With Age and Steroid Treatment Duration in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

BACKGROUND: Patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy exhibit progressive cardiac and skeletal muscle dysfunction. Based on prior data, cardiac dysfunction in Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients may be influenced by myocardial fibrosis and steroid therapy. We examined the longitudinal relationship...

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Veröffentlicht in:J Am Heart Assoc
Hauptverfasser: Tandon, Animesh, Villa, Chet R., Hor, Kan N., Jefferies, John L., Gao, Zhiqian, Towbin, Jeffrey A., Wong, Brenda L., Mazur, Wojciech, Fleck, Robert J., Sticka, Joshua J., Benson, D. Woodrow, Taylor, Michael D.
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Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2015
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4579941/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25814625
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.114.001338
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