Cardiac assessment of patients with Becker's muscular dystrophy
Ionescu, C.N.; Kapoor, A.; Protopapas, Z.; Marcu, C.B.
Connecticut Medicine 73(7): 395-397
2009
ISSN/ISBN: 0010-6178 PMID: 19708317 Document Number: 632183
Becker's muscular dystrophy (BMD) is one of the most common muscular dystrophy syndromes. The heart is always affected by myocardial fibrosis with early involvement of the right side. Traditionally, ECG, echocardiography and stress testing have been used to evaluate these patients. Cardiac MRI, offering superior assessment of the right side and visualization of the myocardial fibrosis could become the preferred imaging modality for evaluating patients with BMD.
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