Cardiac assessment in duchenne and becker muscular dystrophies

Romfh A, McNally EM. Cardiac assessment in duchenne and becker muscular dystrophies. Current heart failure reports 2010;7:212-8   Abstract Mutations in the dystrophin gene cause Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophies. In addition to muscle disease, there nearly always is an associated cardiomyopathy in Duchenne or Becker muscular dystrophy. In these muscular dystrophies, the severity of […]