Background Abnormalities of dystrophin expression cause Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
(D) or Becker Muscular Dystrophy (B). Since widespread use of non-invasive respiratory …

Neuromuscular diseases (NMD) are a group of diseases that affect multiple organ systems.
Cardiac involvement is a common manifestation in these individuals and the presentation …

Muscular dystrophy (MD) connotes a heterogeneous group of inherited disorders
characterized by progressive wasting and weakness of the skeletal muscles. In several …

With the improvement of noninvasive imaging, the cardiology community has to learn how to
exploit properly the novel diagnostic tools in order to pursue an accurate diagnosis and …

Cardiomyopathies are diseases of the myocardium of unknown etiology associated with
cardiac dysfunction. On the grounds of their morphology and pathophysiology, primary or …

Backgroud Neuromuscular disorders may present with varied cardiac involvement, including
myocardial and conduction tissue disease. Sudden death is a common adverse event of …

Muscular dystrophies are progressive myopathic disorders resulting from defects in a
number of genes required for normal muscle function [1]. Duchenne muscular dystrophy is …

Background The prognostic utility of cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging, including
strain analysis and tissue characterization, has not been comprehensively investigated in …

Non-ischemic cardiomyopathies include a wide spectrum of disease states afflicting the
heart, whether a primary process or secondary to a systemic condition. Cardiac magnetic …

Objectives The heart is frequently affected in neuromuscular disorders (NMDs). Some of
these patients even experience sudden cardiac death (SCD). In the following review, we …