… a detailed cardiac evaluation, at least … cardiac event in patients with coronary artery disease
[57]. Many studies have proved the presence of myocardial fibrosis in both MD and carriers, …

… of the first cardiac assessment were included in the analysis. … for a baseline cardiac assessment
since October 1999 and … The mean age at the time of assessment was 39 ± 15.7 years …

… Our present data indicate that cardiac disease is more … levels measured at the same time)
also independently predicted the presence of a pathological CMR finding in female MD carriers…

… disease that occurs in males leading to immobility and death in early adulthood. Female
carriers of … magnetic resonance (CMR) and to evaluate its association with clinical symptoms. …

… fibrosis in female carriers appears to precede the decline in left ventricular ejection fraction,
… overt disease. It is recommended that female DMD/BMD carriers undergo cardiac evaluation …

… The literature on cardiac involvement in female carriers is based … cardiologist using Philips
IntelliSpace Cardiovascular version 1.2/… with other cardiac measures assessed in this study. …

… analysis should be performed in the mother and her female … cardiac involvement can be
found in 46% of carriers while 2%… of myocardial fibrosis assessed by cardiovascular magnetic …

… treatment of female carriers of Duchenne muscular dystrophy/Becker muscular dystrophy (…
In cardiac function assessment, cardiac MRI and LGE detection as described above may be …

… of cardiomyopathy in female muscular dystrophy carriers (MDC) … to evaluate the prevalence
of occult cardiomyopathy in … predominantly cardiac muscle and not skeletal muscle disease, …

… imaging such as cardiovascular magnetic resonance … recommend that female carriers have
a cardiac evaluation in late … the frequency and severity of muscle and cardiac disease. At this …