As treatments of the extra-cardiac complications of muscular dystrophy (MD) improve, males
with MD are more likely to develop cardiac disease. The impact of cardiomyopathy or heart …

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), an X-linked recessive myopathy with an incidence of
1 in 3500 male births, is caused by a mutation that results in the absence of the cytoskeletal …

Objective Cardiac disease accounts for a large burden of premature mortality and morbidity
in patients with type 1 myotonic dystrophy (MD). However, little is known about structural …

In patients with muscular dystrophies, cardiac involvement leading to cardiomyopathy and
arrhythmias occur with variable prevalence mirroring the phenotypic variability seen among …

Background Cardiac involvement is commonly present in various neuromuscular diseases
which may develop life-threatening consequences. The early manifestation is often …

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a rare, X-linked condition with progressive muscle
weakness and accompanying cardiomyopathy. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) …

Background and purpose Cardiac involvement is observed in about 80% of subjects with
myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) and is mainly characterized by cardiac conduction and/or …

Introduction: Cardiomyopathy is a common cause of morbidity and death in patients with
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Methods: This investigation was a cross‐sectional …

Background—Dystrophin gene mutations cause 2 common muscular dystrophies,
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD). Both are …

Arrhythmias in Myotonic Dystrophy Patients Background Myotonic dystrophy (MD) is the
most common muscular dystrophy in adults and is associated with sudden death. Reported …