… 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. …

… wasting, weakness, respiratory failure, and cardiovascular diseases are caused by … This
study aims to assess prospectively myocardial fibrosis in asymptomatic DMD-FC compared to a …

… 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 …

… of female carriers with BMD mutations have skeletal muscle … regions of dystrophin that are
important for cardiac disease (such as … undergo testing to assess whether she is a carrier. If the …

… Our another study 18 with asymptomatic DMD female carriers with … of weakness, falling or
problems with stairs climbing or walking … However, this study assessed heart dimensions and …

… pathological CMR finding, no anamnesis of cardiac disease, … An illustrative example of
the assessment of (A) global … asymptomatic female carrier of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (…

… inherited muscle disease of childhood, with an estimated … of cardiac abnormalities, and none
of the female carrier relatives … No SCDs or major cardiovascular events occurred over one …

… affects in female carriers in terms of their cardiac health.4 … developing cardiomyopathy and
offered a baseline cardiac assessment … . All-cause mortality and cardiovascular outcomes with …