CMR detects subclinical cardiomyopathy in mother-carriers of duchenne and becker muscular dystrophy

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 526-528

  Mavrogeni, Sophie ^a   Bratis, Konstantinos ^b   Papavasiliou, Antigoni ^b   Skouteli, Eleni ^b   Karanasios, Evangelos ^b   Georgakopoulos, Dimitris ^b   Kolovou, Genovefa ^b   Papadopoulos, George ^b  

^a ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE;

BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HUMAN; LETTER; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; GADOLINIUM DTPA; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; MYOCARDIUM; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84876130733     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: 18767591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2012.09.017     Document Type: Letter

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