Cardiac involvement in Becker muscular dystrophy

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 786-792

  Finsterer, Josef ^a,c   Stöllberger, Claudia ^b  

^a KRANKENANSTALT RUDOLFSTIFTUNG   (Austria)

^b Second Medical Department   (Austria)

^c NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Dystrophinopathy; Echocardiography; Electrocardiography; Heart; Muscular dystrophy; Myocardium; X linked inheritance

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGITALIS; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; RECOMBINANT GROWTH HORMONE; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ADD ON THERAPY; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; EARLY INTERVENTION; ECG ABNORMALITY; HEART ARREST; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DILATATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MONOTHERAPY; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SYMPTOM; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; INCIDENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 54449083388     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0828-282X(08)70686-X     Document Type: Review

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